Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Aplysiida > Superfamily Aplysioidea > Family Aplysiidae

Stylocheilus A. Gould, 1852

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Stylocheilus longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Stylocheilus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Literature

original description	Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston. 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16.
additional source	Kobelt, W. (1876-1881). Illustrirtes Conchylienbuch. Bd 1. Lieferung 1: 1-40, pl. 1-10 (November 1876); Lieferung 2: 41-64, pl. 11-20 (November/December 1877); Lieferung 3: 65-88, pl. 21-30 (February/March 1878); Lieferung 4: 89-104, pl. 31-40 (May 1878); Lieferung 5: i-xvi, 105-144, pl. 41-50 (May 1878). Bd 2. Lieferung 6: 145-176, pl. 51-60 (June/July 1879); Lieferung 7/8: 177-264, pl. 61-80 (1879); Lieferung 9: 265-312, pl. 81-90 (September/October 1880); Lieferung 10: 313-344, pl. 91-100 (April 1881); Lieferung 11: 345-392, pl. 101-112 (October 1881). Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe.
redescription	Bazzicalupo, E., Crocetta, F., Gosliner, T. M., Berteaux-Lecellier, V., Camacho-García, Y. E., Chandran, B. K. S. & Valdés, Á. (2020). Molecular and morphological systematics of Bursatella leachii de Blainville, 1817 and Stylocheilus striatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 reveal cryptic diversity in pantropically distributed taxa (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Heterobranchia). Invertebrate Systematics. 34: 535-568.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Stylocheilus A. Gould, 1852. 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:203969