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WRiMS taxon details

Aplysiidae Lamarck, 1809

AphiaID

172 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Aplysioidea Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Aplysiidae Lamarck, 1809

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Subfamily Aplysiinae Lamarck, 1809
1. Genus Aplysia Linnaeus, 1767
Subfamily Dolabriferinae Pilsbry, 1895
1. Genus Bursatella Blainville, 1817
2. Genus Petalifera J. E. Gray, 1847
3. Genus Syphonota H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Subfamily Notarchinae Mazzarelli, 1893
1. Genus Notarchus Cuvier, 1816

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 1: 320 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Aplysiidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172 on 2026-08-25

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Aplysiidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172 on 2026-08-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2006-03-22 08:02:13Z

changed

Wambiji, Nina

2010-09-21 04:41:14Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-08-01 19:57:12Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 1: 320 [details]

basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201
page(s): 357 [details] Available for editors

additional source Medina, M. & Walsh, P. J. (2000). Molecular systematics of the order Anaspidea based on mitochondrial DNA sequence (12S, 16S, and COI). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 15(1): 41-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.1999.0736 [details]

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