Taxonomy:
Class: Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797
Subclass: Heterobranchia J.E. Gray, 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 forskalii (Rüppell & Leuckart,
1831) [Oscanius] |
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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