MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Hexabranchus sandwichensis J. E. Gray, 1850) Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., <i>Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors</i>. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090
page(s): 104; note: refers to pl. 235 [details]
additional source
Abraham, P. S. (1876). Notes on some genera of nudibranchiate Mollusca, with notices of a new genus and some hitherto undescribed species, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18: 132-146., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925135/#page/146/mode/1up
page(s): 135 [details]
source of synonymy
Thompson T.E. (1972) Observations on <i>Hexabranchus</i> from the Australian Great Barrier Reef. <i>The Veliger</i> 15(1): 1-5. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality