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 Pneumodermatidae > Genus Pneumoderma

Pneumoderma violaceum A. d'Orbigny, 1836

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pneumoderma*	de Roissy, 1805	accepted genus name
*Cirrifer*	Pfeffer, 1879	synonym
*Pneumodermis*	Oken, 1815	synonym
*Pneumodermon*	Cuvier, 1816	synonym

Species group names

*Cirrifer paradoxus*	Pfeffer, 1879	synonym
*Pneumoderma atlanticum*	(Oken, 1815)	synonym
*Pneumoderma atlanticum f. bonnevii*	van der Spoel, 1972	synonym
*Pneumoderma boasi*	Pelseneer, 1905	synonym
*Pneumoderma eurycotylum*	Meisenheimer, 1905	synonym
*Pneumoderma pygmaeum*	Tesch, 1903	synonym
*Pneumoderma souleyeti*	Pelseneer, 1887	synonym
*Pneumodermis atlanticus*	Oken, 1815	synonym
*Pneumodermon violaceum*	A. d'Orbigny, 1836	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Violet-spotted Sea Angel

Literature

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	Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pneumoderma violaceum A. d'Orbigny, 1836. 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:140823