Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Pteropoda > Suborder Gymnosomata > Superfamily Clionoidea > Family Notobranchaeidae > Genus Notobranchaea

Notobranchaea macdonaldi Pelseneer, 1886

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Notobranchaea*	Pelseneer, 1886	accepted genus name
*Microdonta*	Bonnevie, 1913	junior homonym
*Schleschia*	Strand, 1932	synonym

Species group names

*Notobranchaea macdonaldi var. pelseneeri*	Pruvot-Fol, 1942	synonym

Literature

original description	Pelseneer, P. (1886). Description d'un nouveau genre de ptéropode gymnosome. Bulletin Scientifique du Département du Nord et des Pays Voisins. 17(6): 217–227.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Spoel, S. van der & Pafort-van Iersel, T. (1985). Note on the taxonomy of the family Notobranchaeidae and description of Notobranchaea bleekerae n. sp., a species new to science (Gastropoda, Pteropoda). Basteria. 49(1-3): 29-36. [14 June 1985].
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Spoel, S. van der & Dadon, J. R. (1999). Pteropoda. pp. 649-706, in: D. Boltovsloy (ed.), South Atlantic Zooplankton. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Notobranchaea macdonaldi Pelseneer, 1886. 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:140573