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Taxonomy
Family:
PLEUROBRANCHAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Pleurobranchida (Order)
> Pleurobranchoidea (Superfamily)
> Pleurobranchaeidae (Family)
> Pleurobranchaea (Genus)
> maculata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Koonsia Verrill, 1882
=Macfarlandaea Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984
=Pleurobranchidium Leue, 1813
=Pleurobranchillus Bergh, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Pleurobranchaea novaezealandiae Cheeseman, 1878
=Pleurobranchidium maculatum Quoy & Gairmard, 1832
Images: Pleurobranchaea maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Pilot Bay, Mt. Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 80mm. © Matthew Jones
Taxonomy
Family:
PLEUROBRANCHAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Pleurobranchida (Order)
> Pleurobranchoidea (Superfamily)
> Pleurobranchaeidae (Family)
> Pleurobranchaea (Genus)
> maculata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Koonsia Verrill, 1882
=Macfarlandaea Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984
=Pleurobranchidium Leue, 1813
=Pleurobranchillus Bergh, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Pleurobranchaea novaezealandiae Cheeseman, 1878
=Pleurobranchidium maculatum Quoy & Gairmard, 1832
Details: Pleurobranchaea maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 95mm
Distribution:
North and South Islands
Notes:
Marine, Shell absent
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50 (p.65)
  • Willan, R.C. 1983 New Zealand side-gilled sea slugs (Opisthobranchia: Notaspidea: Pleurobranchidae), Malacologia, 23(2) (p.254)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.282)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil