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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
Notes:
Marine
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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)

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