Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Doridina > Infraorder Doridoidei > Superfamily Doridoidea > Family Discodorididae > Genus Peltodoris

Peltodoris punctifera (Abraham, 1877)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Doris Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Peltodoris*	Bergh, 1880	accepted genus name
*Montereina*	MacFarland, 1905	synonym

Species group names

*Doris orbignyi*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Doris punctata*	A. d'Orbigny, 1839	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*“Montereina” punctifera*	(Abraham, 1877)	synonym; alternate representation

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.
new combination reference	Ortea J.; Bacallado J.J. (1981). Les Dorididae (Gastropoda) décrits des Canaries par Alcide d'Orbigny. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. (4)3, section A, 3: 575-584.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Peltodoris punctifera (Abraham, 1877). 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:139571