Species Petalifera petalifera (Rang, 1828)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aplysia petalifera Rang, P.C.S.A.L. 1828. Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens. Première famille de l'ordre des Tectibranches. In, Férussac, B. de (ed). Histoire Naturelle, Genérale et Particulière des Mollusques. Paris.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHNP Numbers not provided, off Nice, France.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Nimbs, M.J., Willan, R.C. & Smith, S.D.A. 2017a. Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiversity of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)? Molluscan Research 37(1): 45-65 [57, Fig. 3D]

 

Generic Combinations

• Petalifera petalifera (Rang, 1828). —
  Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the genera of Recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-219

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Nimbs et al (2017) report the species having been been observed in the Cocos Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean) and on the mid-north coast of NSW but suggest that observations outside the Mediterranean Sea are tenuous. Australian distribution modified following maps presented in Nimbs et al. (2017) Zoological Studies 56.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [46]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	APLYSIOIDEA Lamarck, 1809	02-Aug-2023	MODIFIED
03-Oct-2018	HETEROBRANCHIA	29-May-2018	MODIFIED	Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri
11-Jan-2016	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	14-May-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson
25-Mar-2011		25-Mar-2011	MOVED
25-Mar-2011		25-Mar-2011	MOVED
		24-Mar-2011	(import)