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 Polyceroidea > Family Polyceridae > Subfamily Triophinae

Plocamopherus Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Peplidia*	R. T. Lowe, 1842	synonym

Children

Plocamopherus maderae (R. T. Lowe, 1842)
Plocamopherus ocellatus Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
Plocamopherus tilesii Bergh, 1877

Literature

original description	Rüppell, E. & Leuckart, F. S. (1828-1830). Mollusca. In: Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. Neue wirbellose Thiere des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt, H. L. Brönner. pp. 15-22, pls 4-6 [1828]; pp. 23-47, pls 7-12 [1830].
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	Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plocamopherus Rüppell & Leuckart, 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:138568