African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

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Pleurobranchaea Leue, 1813

Pleurobranchaea meckeli

AphiaID

138363 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138363)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pleurobranchaeidae Pilsbry, 1896

Original name

Pleurobranchaea Leue, 1813

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Species Pleurobranchaea brockii Bergh, 1897
Species Pleurobranchaea bubala Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984
Species Pleurobranchaea meckeli (Blainville, 1825)
Species Pleurobranchaea tarda A. E. Verrill, 1880
Species Pleurobranchaea gemini Macnae, 1962 accepted as Pleurobranchaea brockii Bergh, 1897

Environment

marine

Original description

Leue, S. F. (1813). De Pleurobranchaea novo molluscorum genere. Halle, 13 pp. + 1 pl. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pleurobranchaea Leue, 1813. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138363 on 2026-09-05

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Pleurobranchaea Leue, 1813. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138363 on 2026-09-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-04-04 09:07:56Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2010-10-12 15:33:09Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-01-06 20:45:09Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-07-12 07:40:43Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2019-11-24 20:41:36Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Leue, S. F. (1813). De Pleurobranchaea novo molluscorum genere. Halle, 13 pp. + 1 pl. [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]