Pleurobranchella

Pleurobranchella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Pleurobranchida
Family:	Pleurobranchaeidae
Genus:	Pleurobranchella Thiele, 1925
Type species
Pleurobranchella nicobaricaThiele, 1925
Synonyms
GigantonotumLin & Tchang, 1965 PleurobranchoidesO'Donoghue, 1929

Pleurobranchella is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurobranchaeidae. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Pleurobranchella include:

• Pleurobranchella nicobarica Thiele, 1925

Species brought into synonymy

• Pleurobranchella alba(Lin & Tchang, 1965): synonym of Pleurobranchella nicobaricaThiele, 1925
• Pleurobranchella gilchristi(O'Donoghue, 1929): synonym of Pleurobranchella nicobaricaThiele, 1925

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Pleurobranchella Thiele, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533833 on 2015-02-08

• Dayrat B. (2001) Indo-Pacific deep-water Pleurobranchaeidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Notaspidea): New records and new species. In: P. Bouchet & B.A. Marshall (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos volume 22. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 185:321-330.

External links

• A record of Pleurobranchella nicobarica Thiele, 1925 : (Pleurobranchomopha : Pleurobranchidae) from off Kume Island, Ryukyu Islands, Southwestern Japan