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 Notarchus

Notarchus punctatus R. A. Philippi, 1836

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Notarchus*	Cuvier, 1816	accepted genus name
*Busiris*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Species group names

*Aplysia saltator*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Busiris griseus*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: フウセンアメフラシ

Literature

original description	Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin].
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	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.
additional source	Bebbington, A., 1977. Aplysiid species from eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia). Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 34 1: 87-147.
additional source	Thompson, T. E. (1977). Jamaican opisthobranch molluscs I. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 43: 93-140.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Notarchus punctatus R. A. Philippi, 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:139595