Platevindex
Genus of gastropods
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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]
| Platevindex | |
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| Platevindex slug on a mangrove tree in Darwin, Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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Oncis Plate, 1893 (invalid: junior homonym of Oncis Herrmannsen, 1847) | |
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]
- Platevindex amboinae (Plate, 1893)
- Platevindex applanatus (Simroth, 1920)
- Platevindex aptei Goulding & Dayrat, 2021
- Platevindex burnupi (Collinge, 1902)
- Platevindex cinereus (Odhner, 1917) (nomen dubium, based on nomen dubium)
- Platevindex coriaceus (Semper, 1882)
- Platevindex latus (Plate, 1893)
- Platevindex luteus (Semper, 1882)
- Platevindex martensi (Plate, 1893)
- Platevindex mortoni Britton, 1984 (nomen dubium)
- Platevindex tigrinus (Stoliczka, 1869)
- 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)