WoRMS taxon details
Chelidonura punctata Eliot, 1903
559044 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:559044)
accepted
Species
Chelidonura hirundinina var. punctata Eliot, 1903 · unaccepted > superseded rank
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Chelidonura hirundinina var. punctata Eliot, 1903) Eliot, N. E. (1903). Notes on some new or little known members of the family Doridiidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 5: 331-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15168692
page(s): 336 [details]
page(s): 336 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Chelidonura punctata Eliot, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559044 on 2026-08-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chelidonura hirundinina var. punctata Eliot, 1903) Eliot, N. E. (1903). Notes on some new or little known members of the family Doridiidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 5: 331-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15168692
page(s): 336 [details]
basis of record Yonow N. (2012) Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <i>ZooKeys</i> 197: 1–129. [22 May 2012], available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.197.1728 [details]
page(s): 336 [details]
basis of record Yonow N. (2012) Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <i>ZooKeys</i> 197: 1–129. [22 May 2012], available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.197.1728 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Zamora-Silva A. & Malaquias M.A.E. (2018 [nomenclatural availability: 2017]). Molecular phylogeny of the Aglajidae head-shield sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea): new evolutionary lineages revealed and proposal of a new classification. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 183(1): 1-51., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx064 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 688 [details]
additional source Marcus, Ev.; Marcus, Er. (1970). Some gastropods from Madagascar and west Mexico. <em>Malacologia.</em> 10 (1): 181-223., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/6560 [details]
page(s): 688 [details]
additional source Marcus, Ev.; Marcus, Er. (1970). Some gastropods from Madagascar and west Mexico. <em>Malacologia.</em> 10 (1): 181-223., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/6560 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Black Polka-dot Swallowtail | [details] |
