Pleurobranchaeidae
Family of gastropods
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The Pleurobranchaeidae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Pleurobranchomorpha.[1][2]
| Pleurobranchaeidae | |
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| A mating pair of Euselenops luniceps | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Pleurobranchida |
| Superfamily: | Pleurobranchoidea |
| Family: | Pleurobranchaeidae Pilsbry, 1896 |
| Type genus | |
| Pleurobranchaea Leue, 1813 | |
| Genera | |
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Taxonomy
The following genera and respective species are recognised in the family Pleurobranchaeidae:[3]
- Euselenops Pilsbry, 1896
- Euselenops luniceps (Cuvier, 1816)
- Euselenops winckworthi Satyamurti, 1946
- Pleurobranchaea Leue, 1813
- Pleurobranchaea agassizii Bergh, 1897
- Pleurobranchaea augusta Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984
- Pleurobranchaea britannica Turani, Carmona, Barry, Close, Bullimore & Cervera, 2024
- Pleurobranchaea brockii Bergh, 1897
- Pleurobranchaea bubala Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984
- Pleurobranchaea californica MacFarland, 1966
- Pleurobranchaea catherinae Dayrat, 2001
- Pleurobranchaea gela Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1966
- Pleurobranchaea inconspicua Bergh, 1897
- Pleurobranchaea japonica Thiele, 1925
- Pleurobranchaea maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
- Pleurobranchaea meckeli (Blainville, 1825)
- Pleurobranchaea morosa (Bergh, 1892)
- Pleurobranchaea obesa (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
- Pleurobranchaea spiroporphyra Alvim, Simone & Pimenta, 2014
- Pleurobranchaea tarda A. E. Verrill, 1880
- Pleurobranchella Thiele, 1925
- Pleurobranchella nicobarica Thiele, 1925