Aphia taxon details
Navanax orbignyanus (Rochebrune, 1882)
597800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597800)
accepted
Species
Aglaja orbignyana (Rochebrune, 1882) · unaccepted
Chelidonura nyanyana Edmunds, 1968 · unaccepted
Posterobranchus orbignyanus Rochebrune, 1882 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Posterobranchus orbignyanus Rochebrune, 1882) Rochebrune, A.T. de. (1882 ["1881"]). Matériaux pour la faune de l'Archipel du Cap Vert. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> ser. 2, 4(2): 215-340, pls 17-19., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36875538
page(s): 265, pl. 18 fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 265, pl. 18 fig. 5 [details]
Neotype MNHN, geounit Cape Verde
Neotype MNHN, geounit Cape Verde [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Navanax orbignyanus (Rochebrune, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597800 on 2026-08-08
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(of Chelidonura nyanyana Edmunds, 1968) Edmunds, M. (1968). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 38: 83-100.
page(s): 83, text fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Posterobranchus orbignyanus Rochebrune, 1882) Rochebrune, A.T. de. (1882 ["1881"]). Matériaux pour la faune de l'Archipel du Cap Vert. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> ser. 2, 4(2): 215-340, pls 17-19., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36875538
page(s): 265, pl. 18 fig. 5 [details]
basis of record Ortea, J.; Caballer, M.; Moro L.; Espinosa, J. (2012). Notas en Opistobranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda) I. Sobre la validez de la especie <i>Posterobranchus orbignyanus</i> Rochebrune, 1881 (Cephalaspidea, Aglajidae). <em>Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias.</em> 23(3): 39-44 [Journal issue for 2011; published April 2012]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42322880
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ortea J. & Moro L. (2018). Descripción de una nueva especie de Aglajidae Pilsbry, 1895 (Mollusca: Cephalaspidea) de las islas de Cabo Verde, con algunas consideraciones sobre la ordenación taxonómica de la familia. <em>Avicennia.</em> 23: 1-8.
page(s): pl. 1 [details] Available for editors
status source Zamora-Silva A. & Malaquias M.A.E. (2018 [nomenclatural availability: 2017]). Molecular phylogeny of the Aglajidae head-shield sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea): new evolutionary lineages revealed and proposal of a new classification. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 183(1): 1-51., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx064 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 83, text fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Posterobranchus orbignyanus Rochebrune, 1882) Rochebrune, A.T. de. (1882 ["1881"]). Matériaux pour la faune de l'Archipel du Cap Vert. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> ser. 2, 4(2): 215-340, pls 17-19., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36875538
page(s): 265, pl. 18 fig. 5 [details]
basis of record Ortea, J.; Caballer, M.; Moro L.; Espinosa, J. (2012). Notas en Opistobranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda) I. Sobre la validez de la especie <i>Posterobranchus orbignyanus</i> Rochebrune, 1881 (Cephalaspidea, Aglajidae). <em>Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias.</em> 23(3): 39-44 [Journal issue for 2011; published April 2012]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42322880
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ortea J. & Moro L. (2018). Descripción de una nueva especie de Aglajidae Pilsbry, 1895 (Mollusca: Cephalaspidea) de las islas de Cabo Verde, con algunas consideraciones sobre la ordenación taxonómica de la familia. <em>Avicennia.</em> 23: 1-8.
page(s): pl. 1 [details] Available for editors
status source Zamora-Silva A. & Malaquias M.A.E. (2018 [nomenclatural availability: 2017]). Molecular phylogeny of the Aglajidae head-shield sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea): new evolutionary lineages revealed and proposal of a new classification. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 183(1): 1-51., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx064 [details] Available for editors
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype MNHN, geounit Cape Verde [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Chelidonura nyanyana Edmunds, 1968)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Posterobranchus orbignyanus Rochebrune, 1882)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Navanax orbignyanus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Posterobranchus orbignyanus Rochebrune, 1882)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Posterobranchus orbignyanus Rochebrune, 1882)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Navanax orbignyanus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Posterobranchus orbignyanus Rochebrune, 1882)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
