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 Pneumodermopsis

Pneumodermopsis macrochira Meisenheimer, 1905

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pneumodermopsis*	W. Keferstein, 1862	accepted genus name
*Crucibranchaea*	Pruvot-Fol, 1942	synonym
*Dexiobranchaea*	Boas, 1885	synonym

Species group names

*Crucibranchaea macrochira*	(Meisenheimer, 1905)	synonym

Literature

original description	Meisenheimer J. (1905). Pteropoda. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899 9(1): 1-314, pl. 1-27
basis of record	Spoel, S. van der & Dadon, J. R. (1999). Pteropoda. pp. 649-706, in: D. Boltovsloy (ed.), South Atlantic Zooplankton. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.
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; Newman, L. J. & Estep, K. W. Pelagic Molluscs. in: Marine Species Identification Portal.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pneumodermopsis macrochira Meisenheimer, 1905. 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:530997