MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Plakobranchoidea J. E. Gray, 1840

ERMS taxon details

Plakobranchoidea J. E. Gray, 1840

AphiaID

411959 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411959)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Sacoglossa

Original name

Placobranchidae J. E. Gray, 1840

Synonymised names

Limapontioidea Gray, 1847 · unaccepted

Placobranchacea · unaccepted

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Family Caliphyllidae Tiberi, 1881
Family Costasiellidae K. B. Clark, 1984
Family Hermaeidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Family Limapontiidae J. E. Gray, 1847
Family Plakobranchidae J. E. Gray, 1840
Family Boselliidae Ev. Marcus, 1982 accepted as Plakobranchidae J. E. Gray, 1840
Family Elysiidae Forbes & Hanley, 1851 accepted as Plakobranchidae J. E. Gray, 1840
Family Jenseneriidae Ortea & Moro, 2015 accepted as Caliphyllidae Tiberi, 1881
Family Stiligeridae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 accepted as Limapontiidae J. E. Gray, 1847

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672
page(s): 121, 148 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plakobranchoidea J. E. Gray, 1840. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=411959 on 2026-03-06

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Plakobranchoidea J. E. Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php/images/marks/images/js/js/10.3390/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411959 on 2026-03-06

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-08-14 09:49:04Z

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2010-06-10 13:46:27Z

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Gofas, Serge

2012-03-07 20:21:47Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-02 19:18:38Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-05-17 21:44:19Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-05-18 20:29:18Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description (of ) Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672
page(s): 121, 148 [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Limapontioidea Gray, 1847)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limapontioidea) (from synonym Limapontioidea Gray, 1847)
To Genbank (from synonym Limapontioidea Gray, 1847)