MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Onchidorididae J. E. Gray, 1827

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Onchidorididae J. E. Gray, 1827

AphiaID

175 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:175)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Onchidoridoidea Gray, 1827

Original name

Onchidorididae J. E. Gray, 1827

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Genus Adalaria Bergh, 1878
Genus Atalodoris Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
Genus Idaliadoris Furfaro & Trainito, 2022
Genus Onchidoris Blainville, 1816
Genus Knoutsodonta Hallas & Gosliner, 2015 accepted as Atalodoris Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Lamellidoris Alder & Hancock, 1855 accepted as Onchidoris Blainville, 1816
Genus Villiersia A. d'Orbigny, 1837 accepted as Onchidoris Blainville, 1816

Environment

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

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1825-1827). [Names on plate legends]: pl. [2] [1 June 1825]; pl. 4[6] [August 1827]; pls [3], [5] [1 December 1827]. In: Encyclopaedia Metropolitana. London.
page(s): plate Mollusca [= plate 3]; note: as Onchodoridae [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Onchidorididae J. E. Gray, 1827. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=175 on 2026-05-11

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Onchidorididae J. E. Gray, 1827. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=175 on 2026-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2009-08-14 09:49:04Z

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2009-08-28 21:18:53Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-10-16 15:09:18Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-09-08 10:04:18Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-09-12 00:58:41Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Gray, J. E. (1825-1827). [Names on plate legends]: pl. [2] [1 June 1825]; pl. 4[6] [August 1827]; pls [3], [5] [1 December 1827]. In: Encyclopaedia Metropolitana. London.
page(s): plate Mollusca [= plate 3]; note: as Onchodoridae [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

status source Hallas J.M. & Gosliner T.M. (2015). Family matters: The first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae Gray, 1827 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 88: 16-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.03.015 [details]

status source Martynov, A. & Korshunova, T. (2025). Hidden diversity of the North Pacific prompts reorganization of the taxonomic system. Moscow: Neptune. ISBN 978-5-9905149-3-5. 48 pp.
page(s): 20 [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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Dutch	sterslakken	[details]

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