MSBIAS - Plakobranchoidea J. E. Gray, 1840

MSBIAS taxon details

Plakobranchoidea J. E. Gray, 1840

AphiaID

411959 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411959)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Sacoglossa

Original name

Placobranchidae J. E. Gray, 1840

Synonymised names

Limapontioidea J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Family Hermaeidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Family Limapontiidae J. E. Gray, 1847
Family Plakobranchidae J. E. Gray, 1840
Family Alderiidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954 accepted as Limapontiidae J. E. Gray, 1847
Family Elysiidae Forbes & Hanley, 1851 accepted as Plakobranchidae J. E. Gray, 1840
Family Stiligeridae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 accepted as Limapontiidae J. E. Gray, 1847

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672
page(s): 121, 148 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Plakobranchoidea J. E. Gray, 1840. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411959 on 2026-07-25

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Plakobranchoidea J. E. Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411959 on 2026-07-25

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-08-14 09:49:04Z

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2010-06-10 13:46:27Z

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Gofas, Serge

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-02 19:18:38Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description (of ) Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672
page(s): 121, 148 [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Limapontioidea J. E. Gray, 1847)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limapontioidea) (from synonym Limapontioidea J. E. Gray, 1847)
To Genbank (from synonym Limapontioidea J. E. Gray, 1847)