Aplysia punctata
creator: Gofas, Serge
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
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publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Aplysia punctata (Cuvier, 1803)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Aplysia punctata (Cuvier, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138758 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Aplysia punctata (Cuvier, 1803)
class: Gastropoda
family: Aplysiidae
genus: Aplysia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1823). Monographie du genre Aplysie (Aplysia Lin.). Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire naturelle et des Arts. 96: 277-288, 1 unnumbered plate.
name published in: Cantraine, F. J. (1835). Diagnoses ou descriptions succinctes de quelques espèces nouvelles de mollusques. Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles. 2(11): 380-401.
name published in: Cuvier G. (1803). Sur le genre Laplysia, vulgairement nommé Lièvre Marin; sur son anatomie, et sur quelques-unes de ses espèces. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle : 28 p., 4 pl.
name published in: Delle Chiaje S. (1823-1831). Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. Napoli: Fratelli Fernandes (vol. 1), and Società Tipografica (vol. 2-4). Vol. 1, pp. i-xii, 1-84 [1823], pp. 1-184 [1824]; vol. 2, pp. [1-4] + 185-224 [1825], pp. 225-444 [1826]; vol. 3, pp. i-xx, pp. 1-232 [1828]; vol. 4, pp. i-vii [1831], 1-116 [1830], pp. 117-214 [1831]; pl. 1-4; pl. 1-69 [date?], pl. 70-109 [1830][dates according to Sherborn, 1922].
name published in: Deshayes, G. P. (1839-1858). Traité élémentaire de conchyliologie: avec les applications de cette science à la géologie. Vol. 1(1): xii + 368 pp. [1839]; vol. 1(2), 824 pp., 6 fold-out tables [pp. 1-128, 1839; 129-824: 1850]; vol. 2: 384 pp. [pp. 1-194: 1857: 195-348: 1858; Atlas: 80 + xi pp., 132 pls. with various numbers; Explication des planches [pp. 1-24: 1839; pp. 25-48: 1850; pp. 49-80: 1853; appendice pp. i-iv: 1850, pp. v-xi: 1857]. Masson, Paris.
name published in: Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain, arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp., pls 1-5*,5**-13 (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray).
name published in: Pennant, Thomas. (1812). British Zoology. A new edition in four volumes. vol IV. Class V. Crustacea. Class VI. Vermes. Wilkie & Robinson. London. xvi+379 pp. 95 pls.
name published in: Rang, S. (1828). Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls.
name published in: Rathke, J. (1799). Jattagelser henhorende til Indvoldeormenes og Bloddyrenes Naturhistorie. [Observations relating to the natural history of intestinal worms and bloodsuckers.]. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 5 (1): 61-153, pl. 2-3.
name published in: Risso, A. (1818). Mémoire sur quelques Gastropodes nouveaux, Nudibranches et Tectibranches observés dans la mer de Nice. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts. 87: 368-377.
name published in: Sars, M. (1839). Undersøgelser over nogle lavere dyrs udvikling. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne. 2(2):139-166.
name published in: Thompson, W. (1845). Additions to the fauna of Ireland, including descriptions of some apparently new species of Invertebrata. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1)15: 308-321, pl. 19.
name published in year: 1823
name published in year: 1835
name published in year: 1803
name published in year: 1823-1831
name published in year: 1839-1858
name published in year: 1852
name published in year: 1812
name published in year: 1828
name published in year: 1799
name published in year: 1818
name published in year: 1839
name published in year: 1845
order: Aplysiida
parent name usage ID: 137654
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Cuvier, 1803)
specific epithet: punctata
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted