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Elysia Risso, 1818
Taxonomic Serial No.: 77938

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Tridachia Deshayes, 1857
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	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	partial
	Latest Record Review:	2017

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Spiralia
	Phylum	Mollusca – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks
	Class	Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797 – gastropods, slugs, snails, escargots, gastéropodes, limaces, caracol, caramujo, lesma
	Subclass	Orthogastropoda
	Infraclass	Heterobranchia
	Superorder	Sacoglossa
	Superfamily	Plakobranchoidea Gray, 1840
	Family	Plakobranchidae Gray, 1840
	Genus	Elysia Risso, 1818
		Direct Children:
	Species	Elysia canguzua Er. Marcus, 1955
	Species	Elysia catulus (Gould, 1870)
	Species	Elysia chlorotica Gould, 1870 – eastern emerald elysia, emerald elysia
	Species	Elysia cornigera Nuttall, 1989
	Species	Elysia crispata Mørch, 1863 – lettuce slug
	Species	Elysia evelinae Er. Marcus, 1957
	Species	Elysia hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1961
	Species	Elysia ornata (Swainson, 1840) – ornate elysia
	Species	Elysia papillosa A. E. Verrill, 1901 – papillose elysia
	Species	Elysia patina Ev. Marcus, 1980
	Species	Elysia picta A. E. Verrill, 1901 – painted elysia
	Species	Elysia serca Er. Marcus, 1955 – caribbean seagrass elysia, seagrass elysia
	Species	Elysia subornata A. E. Verrill, 1901
	Species	Elysia tuca Ev. Marcus and Er. Marcus, 1967
	Species	Elysia viridis

References


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	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
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	Reference for:	Elysia

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Abbott, Robert Tucker
	Publication Date:	1974
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	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	American Seashells: The Marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America. 2nd ed.
	Page(s):	663
	Publisher:	Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-442-20228-8
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	Reference for:	Elysia

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Bouchet, Philippe, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hasdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, et al.
	Publication Date:	2017
	Article/Chapter Title:	Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod and Monoplacophoran Families
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Malacologia, vol. 61, no. 1-2
	Page(s):	1-526
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	ISBN/ISSN:	0076-2997
	Notes:	doi: 10.4002/040.061.0201
	Reference for:	Elysia

Geographic Information


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Comments


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