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Name

Pleurobranchaea

Framing

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Infraclass: Euthyneura 

Genus: Pleurobranchaea

Habitat

Benthic marine

Feeding

Predator

Distribution

Wide distribution

Conservation status

Most species Not evaluated

Additional information

Oval body without shell. They have a bipinnate gill on the right side of the body, between the mantle and the foot.

Bibliography

Bouchet, P., J. P. Rocroi, B. Hausdorf, A. Kaim, Y. Kano, A. Nützel, P. Parkhaev, M. Schrödl, and E. Strong. 2017. Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia 61(1-2): 1-526.

- Sánchez-Tocino, L., 2006. Opistobranquios. Fauna Andaluza. pp. 115-184. En TINAUT, A. y PASCUAL, F. (Coordinadores). Proyecto Andalucía. Naturaleza. Volumen XIV (Zoología II). Publicaciones Comunitarias, SL., Sevilla. ISBN: 84-933178-9-6