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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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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassGastropoda Cuvier, 1797 – gastropods, slugs, snails, escargots, gastéropodes, limaces, caracol, caramujo, lesma  
                   SubclassOrthogastropoda   
                      InfraclassHeterobranchia   
                         SuperorderSacoglossa   
                            SuperfamilyPlakobranchoidea Gray, 1840  
                               FamilyPlakobranchidae Gray, 1840  
                                  GenusElysia 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   
       

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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   
       

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