Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Doridina > Infraorder Doridoidei > Superfamily Doridoidea > Family Discodorididae > Genus Peltodoris

Peltodoris atromaculata Bergh, 1880

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Peltodoris*	Bergh, 1880	accepted genus name
*Montereina*	MacFarland, 1905	synonym

Species group names

*Discodoris atromaculata*	(Bergh, 1880)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: vaqueta suïssa sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Dutch: luipaardslak

English: cow snail; dotted seaslug; leopard nudibranch; sea slug; Swiss cow nudibranch sources: DORIS: Données d'Observations pour la Reconnaissance et l'Identification de la faune et de la flore Subaquatiques.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

French: Doris dalmatien sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Fleck-Sternschnecke; gefleckter Doris; Kuh-Schnecke leopard; Leoparden-Sternschnecke; Leopardschnecke sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;DORIS: Données d'Observations pour la Reconnaissance et l'Identification de la faune et de la flore Subaquatiques.;Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Italian: lumaca maculata; vacchetta di mare sources: DORIS: Données d'Observations pour la Reconnaissance et l'Identification de la faune et de la flore Subaquatiques.

Spanish, Castillian: vaquita suiza

Literature

original description	Bergh, R. (1880). Über die Gattung Peltodoris. Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 2(2): 222-232, pl. 11.
redescription	Dayrat B. (2010). A monographic revision of basal discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Peltodoris atromaculata Bergh, 1880. 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:509315