Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Sacoglossa > Superfamily Plakobranchoidea > Family Hermaeidae

Polybranchia Pease, 1860

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Phyllobranchus Alder & Hancock, 1864 junior homonym; nom. inval.
Phyllobranchillus Pruvot-Fol, 1933 synonym

Literature

original description

Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28: 18-36; 141-148.

taxonomy source

Medrano S., Krug P.J., Gosliner T.M., Biju Kumar A. & Valdés Á. (2018). Systematics of Polybranchia Pease, 1860 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Sacoglossa) based on molecular and morphological data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polybranchia Pease, 1860. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138064

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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GUID

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Last modified

2018-09-04 by Philippe Bouchet

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