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Taxonomy
Family:
PLEUROBRANCHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Pleurobranchida (Order)
> Pleurobranchoidea (Superfamily)
> Pleurobranchidae (Family)
> Pleurobranchus (Genus)
> hilli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Oscaniella Bergh, 1897
=Oscanius Leach, 1847
=Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) Leach, 1847
=Pleurobranchus (Pleurobranchus) Cuvier, 1804
=Pseudolibania de Stefani, 1879
=Susania Gray, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Oscanius hilli Hedley, 1894
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Taxonomy
Family:
PLEUROBRANCHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Pleurobranchida (Order)
> Pleurobranchoidea (Superfamily)
> Pleurobranchidae (Family)
> Pleurobranchus (Genus)
> hilli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Oscaniella Bergh, 1897
=Oscanius Leach, 1847
=Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) Leach, 1847
=Pleurobranchus (Pleurobranchus) Cuvier, 1804
=Pseudolibania de Stefani, 1879
=Susania Gray, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Oscanius hilli Hedley, 1894
Details: Pleurobranchus hilli (Hedley, 1894)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 300mm
Distribution:
Australia and northern NZ
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Thompson, T.E. 1970 Eastern Australian Pleurobranchomorpha (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia), Journal of Zoology, London, 160 (p.173)
  • Hedley, C. 1894 On some naked Australian marine Mollusca, Part 1, Proceedings of the Linnean Society, NSW, 12(9) (p.129)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil