Pleurobranchus testudinarius
Cantraine, 1835

Order: NOTASPIDEA
Superfamily: PLEUROBRANCHOIDEA
Family: Pleurobranchidae

PHOTO

Baleares, Menorca, Illa d'en Colom, 8 metres, on sand near Posidonia meadow, August 1989. PHOTOS: Daniel Geiger.

Large brown pleurobranch with elongate tubercles projecting on dorsum. Pattern of polygonal rings on dorsum either white or pink.

References:
•Cattaneo-Vietti, R. (1986) On Pleurobranchomorpha from Italian Seas (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). The Veliger, 28(3): 302-309.
•Rudman, W.B. (1993) Case 2838. Pleurobranchus forskalii Ruppell & Leuckart, [1828] and P.testudinarius Cantraine, 1835 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation of the specific names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 50(1): 16-19.
•ICZN Opinion 1767 (1993) Pleurobranchus forskalii Ruppell & Leuckart, [1828] and P.testudinarius Cantraine, 1835 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): specific names conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 51(2): 164-165.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (September 16) Pleurobranchus testudinarius Cantraine, 1835. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/pleutest

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