Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Eupulmonata > Order Systellommatophora > Superfamily Onchidioidea > Family Onchidiidae > Subfamily Onchidellinae > Genus Onchidella

Onchidella celtica (Cuvier, 1817)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Onchidium Buchannan, 1800

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Onchidella*	J. E. Gray, 1850	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Onchidella remanei*	Ev. Marcus, 1956	synonym
*Onchidium celticum*	Audouin & H. Milne Edwards, 1832	synonym
*Onchidium nanum*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Onchidium tuberculatum*	Taslé, 1870	synonym
*Peronia parthenopeia*	Delle Chiaje, 1841	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gewone rubberslak; rubberslak sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.

English: celtic sea slug; celtic sea-slug 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.

German: Keltische Nacktschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Dayrat, B. (2009). Review of the current knowledge of the systematics of Onchidiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) with a checklist of nominal species. Zootaxa. 2068: 1-26.
status source	Goulding, T. C., Khalil, M., Tan, S. H., Cumming, R. A. & Dayrat, B. (2022). Global diversification and evolutionary history of onchidiid slugs (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 168: 107360.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Onchidella celtica (Audouin & H. Milne Edwards, 1832). 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:140626

Ruud A. Bank. Onchidella celtica (Cuvier, 1817). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/69660bd1-70dc-4b1a-8f6d-7255b1ec5ff9