WoRMS taxon details
Aplysia sydneyensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1869
531604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531604)
accepted
Species
Aplysia excavata G. B. Sowerby I, 1869 · unaccepted
marine
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1869). Monograph of the genus Aplysia. In: Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 17, pls 1-10 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [August 1869]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10975189 [details]
Type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman Sea
type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aplysia sydneyensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531604 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1869). Monograph of the genus Aplysia. In: Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 17, pls 1-10 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [August 1869]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10975189 [details]
original description (of Aplysia excavata G. B. Sowerby I, 1869) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1869). Monograph of the genus Aplysia. In: Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 17, pls 1-10 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [August 1869]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10975189 [details]
basis of record Bebbington, A., 1977. Aplysiid species from eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia). Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 34 1: 87-147. [details]
original description (of Aplysia excavata G. B. Sowerby I, 1869) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1869). Monograph of the genus Aplysia. In: Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 17, pls 1-10 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [August 1869]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10975189 [details]
basis of record Bebbington, A., 1977. Aplysiid species from eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia). Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 34 1: 87-147. [details]
Other
additional source
Burn, R. F. (2006). A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports. 10:1–42., available online at http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/marine/burn_2006.pdf [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Nimbs M. J., Willan R. C. & Smith S. D. A. (2017). Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiversity of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)?. Molluscan Research. 37(1): 47-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280 [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Nimbs M. J., Willan R. C. & Smith S. D. A. (2017). Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiversity of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)?. Molluscan Research. 37(1): 47-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280 [details]





- Type locality
- type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman Sea [details]