Platevindex

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Platevindex is a genus of air-breathing sea slugs, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Onchidiidae.[1][2]

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Platevindex
Platevindex slug on a mangrove tree in Darwin, Australia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Systellommatophora
Superfamily: Onchidioidea
Family: Onchidiidae
Genus: Platevindex
Baker, 1938
Type species
Onchidium coriaceum
C. Semper, 1882
Synonyms[1]

Oncis Plate, 1893 (invalid: junior homonym of Oncis Herrmannsen, 1847)

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Platevindex slugs live in intertidal habitats of the Indo-West Pacific. Most Platevindex species are found in mangrove forests, but some species may be found in salt marshes or on coral rubble near mangrove trees.[2] These slugs are characterized by their dorso-ventrally flattened body and a very narrow foot.[citation needed]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Platevindex :[3]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Platevindex condorianus (Rochebrune, 1882): synonym of Platevindex coriaceus coriaceus (Semper, 1882)
  • Platevindex coriaceum (C. Semper, 1882): synonym of Platevindex coriaceus (C. Semper, 1882) (incorrect gender ending of specific epithet)
  • Platevindex granulosus (Lesson, 1826): synonym of Onchidium granulosum Lesson, 1826
  • Platevindex inspectabilis Plate, 1893: synonym of Platevindex martensi (Plate, 1893)
  • Platevindex schneideri Hoffmann, 1932: synonym of Platevindex luteus (Semper, 1882)
  • Platevindex semperi Plate, 1893: synonym of Platevindex coriaceus coriaceus (Semper, 1882)
  • Platevindex stuxbergi (Westerlund, 1883): synonym of Onchidium stuxbergi (Westerlund, 1883)
  • Oncis coeca Plate, 1893: synonym of Platevindex amboinae (Plate, 1893)

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