WoRMS taxon details
Onchidella maculata Plate, 1893
446603 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446603)
accepted
Species
Onchidella (Onchidella) maculata Plate, 1893 · alternative representation
Onchidella capensis H. Watson, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Onchidella capensis var. paucidenta H. Watson, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Onchidella pulchella H. Watson, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Oncidiella maculata Plate, 1893 · unaccepted
marine
(of Oncidiella maculata Plate, 1893) Plate, L. H. (1893). Studien über opisthopneumone Lungenschnecken. II. Die Onciiden. Ein Beitrag zur Stammegeschichte der Pulmonaten. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abt. für Anatomie und Ontologie der Thiere. 7(1): 93-234, pls 7-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11175213
page(s): 201 [details]
page(s): 201 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Onchidella maculata Plate, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446603 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Onchidella capensis H. Watson, 1925) Watson, H. (1925). The South African species of the molluscan genus Onchidella. Annals of the South African Museum. 20 (4): 237–308, pls 27–32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40651328
page(s): 283. [details]
original description (of Onchidella capensis var. paucidenta H. Watson, 1925) Watson, H. (1925). The South African species of the molluscan genus Onchidella. Annals of the South African Museum. 20 (4): 237–308, pls 27–32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40651328
page(s): 284. [details]
original description (of Onchidella pulchella H. Watson, 1925) Watson, H. (1925). The South African species of the molluscan genus Onchidella. Annals of the South African Museum. 20 (4): 237–308, pls 27–32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40651328
page(s): 282. [details]
original description (of Oncidiella maculata Plate, 1893) Plate, L. H. (1893). Studien über opisthopneumone Lungenschnecken. II. Die Onciiden. Ein Beitrag zur Stammegeschichte der Pulmonaten. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abt. für Anatomie und Ontologie der Thiere. 7(1): 93-234, pls 7-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11175213
page(s): 201 [details]
basis of record Dayrat, B. (2009). Review of the current knowledge of the systematics of Onchidiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) with a checklist of nominal species. Zootaxa. 2068: 1-26. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 283. [details]
original description (of Onchidella capensis var. paucidenta H. Watson, 1925) Watson, H. (1925). The South African species of the molluscan genus Onchidella. Annals of the South African Museum. 20 (4): 237–308, pls 27–32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40651328
page(s): 284. [details]
original description (of Onchidella pulchella H. Watson, 1925) Watson, H. (1925). The South African species of the molluscan genus Onchidella. Annals of the South African Museum. 20 (4): 237–308, pls 27–32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40651328
page(s): 282. [details]
original description (of Oncidiella maculata Plate, 1893) Plate, L. H. (1893). Studien über opisthopneumone Lungenschnecken. II. Die Onciiden. Ein Beitrag zur Stammegeschichte der Pulmonaten. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abt. für Anatomie und Ontologie der Thiere. 7(1): 93-234, pls 7-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11175213
page(s): 201 [details]
basis of record Dayrat, B. (2009). Review of the current knowledge of the systematics of Onchidiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) with a checklist of nominal species. Zootaxa. 2068: 1-26. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
status source
Goulding, T. C., Khalil, M., Tan, S. H., Cumming, R. A. & Dayrat, B. (2022). Global diversification and evolutionary history of onchidiid slugs (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 168: 107360., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107360 [details] Available for editors
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Other
additional source
Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. Annals of the South African Museum. 33: 1-660.
page(s): 457 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 782 [details]
page(s): 457 [details] Available for editors

additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 782 [details]





- From editor or global species database
- South Africa
- (no group)
- From regional or thematic species database
- South Africa
Language | Name | |
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English | Cape Air-breathing Sea Slugairbreathing sea slug [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Onchidella capensis H. Watson, 1925)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Oncidiella maculata Plate, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Onchidella pulchella H. Watson, 1925)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Onchidella maculata)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Oncidiella maculata Plate, 1893)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Onchidella capensis H. Watson, 1925)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Oncidiella maculata Plate, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Onchidella pulchella H. Watson, 1925)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Onchidella maculata)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Oncidiella maculata Plate, 1893)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 8 proteins)