Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Pleurobranchida > Superfamily Pleurobranchoidea

Pleurobranchaeidae Pilsbry, 1896

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pleurobranchaea Leue, 1813

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ウミフクロウ科

Literature

original description	Pilsbry, H. A. (1895-1896). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 1. Vol. 16: Philinidae, Gastropteridae, Aglajidae, Aplysiidae, Oxynoeidae, Runcinidae, Umbraculidae, Pleurobranchidae. pp vii, 1-262, pls 1-74. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-48, pls. 1-16, Aug. 20, 1895; pp. 49-112, pls. 17-31, Nov. 26, 1895; pp. 113-160, pls. 32-43, Mar. 13, 1896; pp. 161-262, pls. 44-74, Sept. 23, 1896; pp. i-vii, Sept. 23, 1896].
basis of record	Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurobranchaeidae Pilsbry, 1896. 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:412554