WoRMS taxon details

Pleurobranchaea obesa (A. E. Verrill, 1882)

160477  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160477)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Ringipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Nudipleura (Superorder)
  9. Pleurobranchida (Order)
  10. Pleurobranchoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Pleurobranchaeidae (Family)
  12. Pleurobranchaea (Genus)
  13. Pleurobranchaea obesa (Species)
accepted
Species
marine
Not documented
Distribution Range: 39.94°N to 29.17°N; 88.15°W to 69.84°W. Distribution: USA: New Jersey, Delaware, Alabama; Bahamas  
Distribution Range: 39.94°N to 29.17°N; 88.15°W to 69.84°W. Distribution: USA: New Jersey, Delaware, Alabama; Bahamas [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurobranchaea obesa (A. E. Verrill, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160477 on 2025-10-10
Date
action
by
2005-05-31 07:42:56Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
checked
Rosenberg, Gary

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Nomenclature

original description (of Pleurobranchaea confusa Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984) Marcus, Ev.; Gosliner, T. (1984). Review of the family Pleurobranchaeidae. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 93: 1-52., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40692963
page(s): 12-14, fig. 3 [details] 

basis of record Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details] 

Other

additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Range: 39.94°N to 29.17°N; 88.15°W to 69.84°W. Distribution: USA: New Jersey, Delaware, Alabama; Bahamas [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) 
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 015697.GP) (from synonym Koonsia obesa A. E. Verrill, 1882)
Unreviewed

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