Pleurobranchus atlanticus  Abbott, 1949
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Taxonomy:
Class: Gastropoda  Cuvier, 1797
Subclass: Heterobranchia   Gray J.E., 1840
Clade: Euthyneura Spengel, 1881
Clade: Nudipleura Wägele & Willan, 2000 
Subclade: Pleurobranchomorpha  Schmekel, 1985   (formerly NOTASPIDEA) 
Superfamily:  Pleurobranchoidea   Gray, 1827
Family:  Pleurobranchidae  Gray, 1827 
Genus: Pleurobranchus  Cuvier, 1804 
Species: Pleurobranchus atlanticus  Abbott, 1949

Synonym: Pleurobranchus crossei Vayssière, 1897 
according to
Malacolog Version 4.1.1  - A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
http://www.malacolog.org
http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?mode=details&waspid=1308

formerly:
Class: GASTROPODA   Cuvier, 1797 
Subclass: OPISTHOBRANCHIA Milne-Edwards, 1848 
Order: NOTASPIDEA  Fischer, P., 1883 

However, in the new taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the family Pleurobranchidae has been placed in the superfamily Pleurobranchoidea, the only family belonging to the subclade Pleurobranchomorpha (sister to the subclade Nudibranchia), part of the clade Nudipleura.
Have a look at:
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). 
"Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". 
Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. 
ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. 
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