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

Petalifera petalifera (Rang, 1828)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Aplysia Nardo, 1833

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Petalifera*	J. E. Gray, 1847	accepted genus name
*Aplysiella*	P. Fischer, 1872	synonym

Species group names

*Aplysia brugnatelli*	van Beneden & Robb, 1835	synonym
*Aplysia unguifera*	Rang, 1828	synonym
*Aplysia webbii*	van Beneden & Robb, 1835	synonym
*Phyllaplysia depressa*	(Cantraine, 1835)	synonym

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	Fasulo, G.; Izzillo, F.; Russo, G. F.; Toscano, F.; Villani, G. (1985). Nota su Petalifera petalifera (Rang, 1828) (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Aplysiomorpha) specie mediterranea poco conosciuta. Considerazioni sistematiche, ecologiche e biogeografiche. Bollettino Malacologico. 20 (9-12): 263-272.
additional source	Terreni, G. (1997). Rinvenimento di un esemplare di Phyllaplysia lafonti (P. Fischer, 1870) nelle acque litorali di Livorno (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Aplysiomorpha). La Conchiglia, Roma. 29 (282): 45-47.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Petalifera petalifera (Rang, 1828). 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:139597