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 Onchidoridoidea > Family Aegiridae > Genus Aegires

Aegires leuckartii Vérany, 1853

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aegires*	Lovén, 1844	accepted genus name
*Aegirus*	Agassiz, 1846	synonym
*Triopella*	G. O. Sars, 1878	synonym

Literature

original description	Vérany, [G. B.]. (1853). Catalogue des Mollusques céphalopodes, ptéropodes, Gastéropodes nudibranches etc. des environs de Nice. Journal de Conchyliologie. 4(4): 375-392.
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	Fahey, S. J. & Gosliner, T. M. (2004). A phylogenetic analysis of the Aegiridae Fischer, 1883 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Phanerobranchia) with descriptions of eight new species and a reassessment of Phanerobranch relationships. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. ser. 4, 55(34): 613–689.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aegires leuckartii Vérany, 1853. 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:138704