Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Sacoglossa > Superfamily Plakobranchoidea > Family Plakobranchidae > Genus Elysia

Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Elysia*	Risso, 1818	accepted genus name
*Actaeon*	Rang, 1829	synonym
*Aplysiopterus*	Delle Chiaje, 1830	synonym
*Thallepus*	Swainson, 1840	synonym

Species group names

*Actaeon minutum*	M. Sars, 1835	synonym
*Aplysiopterus neapolitanus*	Delle Chiaje, 1830	synonym
*Elysia marmorata*	Cantraine, 1835	synonym
*Elysia pagenstecheri*	Ev. Marcus, 1982	synonym
*Elysia viridis var. olivacea*	Jeffreys, 1869	synonym
*Laplysia viridis*	Montagu, 1804	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: elysia verda sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Danish: fløjlssnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: groene wierslak; groene zeenaaktslak sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;Adema, J.P.H.M.; de Bruyne, R.H.; Perk, F.A. (1989). Preliminary name list of marine molluscs and shells, regularly washed ashore along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium [Voorlopige naamlijst van de mariene mollusken en de regelmatig langs de kust van Nederland en België aangespoelde schelpensoorten]. De Strandvlo 9(2): 49-59

English: green elysia; green velvet snail; plant-sucking nudibranch; sap-sucking slug sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.

French: elysie verte sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

German: grüne Samtschnecke sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

Italian: elisia sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Spanish, Castillian: elysia verde sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Swedish: sammetssnigel

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	Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.
additional source	Jensen, K.R. (2007). Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 55: 255–281.
additional source	Moro L., Ocana P, Bacallado J.J., Martin J. & Ortea J. (2017). Nota sobre tres babosas marinas (Nudibranchia y Sacoglossa) colectadas en las costas atlánticas de África (Cabo Espartel, Agadir y Dakhla), con un listado de especies acompañantes. Vieraea. 45: 205-214.
additional source	Ortea J., Moro L. & Bacallado J.J. (2017). Nota sobre dos especies del género Elysia Risso, 1818 (Mollusca: Sacoglossa) en las islas de Cabo Verde. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 29: 21-30.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139686