Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Pleurobranchida > Superfamily Pleurobranchoidea > Family Pleurobranchidae > Genus Pleurobranchus

Pleurobranchus membranaceus (Montagu, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Lamellaria Montagu, 1816

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pleurobranchus*	Cuvier, 1804	accepted genus name
*Oscanius*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Pleurobranchus (Oscanius)*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Pleurobranchus (Susania)*	Gray, 1857	synonym
*Susania*	Gray, 1857	synonym

Species group names

*Gymnotoplax barashi*	Ev. Marcus, 1977	synonym
*Pleurobranchus contarinii*	Vérany, 1846	synonym
*Pleurobranchus denotarisii*	Vérany, 1846	synonym
*Pleurobranchus lesueur*	Blainville, 1827	synonym
*Pleurobranchus tuberculatus*	Meckel, 1808	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Goodheart J., Camacho-García Y., Padula V., Schrödl M., Cervera J.L., Gosliner T.M. & Valdés Á. (2015). Systematics and biogeography of Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804, sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Nudipleura: Pleurobranchidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174: 322-362.
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurobranchus membranaceus (Montagu, 1816). 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:140820