Pleurobranchaea | |
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Pleurobranchaea bubala | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Pleurobranchoidea |
Family: | Pleurobranchaeidae |
Genus: | Pleurobranchaea |
Synonyms | |
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clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Pleurobranchomorpha
Pleurobranchaea is a genus of sea slugs, specifically sidegill slugs or notaspideans. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pleurobranchaeidae. The genus is differentiated from other sidegill slugs by its rhinophores, which are well separated, rather than being joined under the notum.
Species in the genus Pleurobranchaea include: