MolluscaBase taxon details
Aplysia extraordinaria (J. K. Allan, 1932)
568187 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568187)
accepted
Species
Aplysia (Varria) extraordinaria (J. K. Allan, 1932) · alternative representation
Aplysia cronullae Eales, 1960 · unaccepted (uncertain synonym)
Aplysia denisoni E. A. Smith, 1884 · unaccepted (possible senior synonym)
Tethys extraordinaria J. K. Allan, 1932 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tethys extraordinaria J. K. Allan, 1932) Allan, J.K. (1932). A new genus and species of sea-slug, and two new species of sea-hares from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 18(6): 314–320, pls 34-35.
page(s): 319 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 319 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman Sea
type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aplysia extraordinaria (J. K. Allan, 1932). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568187 on 2026-02-02
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original description
(of Aplysia denisoni E. A. Smith, 1884) Smith, E. A. (1884). Mollusca. pp. 34-116; 487-508 in: <i>Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881-2</i>. Part I. The collections from Melanesia; Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London: The Trustees [of the British Museum (Natural History)]. xxv, 684 pp., 54 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63054
page(s): 89. [details]
original description (of Tethys extraordinaria J. K. Allan, 1932) Allan, J.K. (1932). A new genus and species of sea-slug, and two new species of sea-hares from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 18(6): 314–320, pls 34-35.
page(s): 319 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [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)?. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 37(1): 47-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280 [details]
page(s): 89. [details]
original description (of Tethys extraordinaria J. K. Allan, 1932) Allan, J.K. (1932). A new genus and species of sea-slug, and two new species of sea-hares from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 18(6): 314–320, pls 34-35.
page(s): 319 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [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)?. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 37(1): 47-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Aplysia denisoni E. A. Smith, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aplysia extraordinaria)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Tethys extraordinaria J. K. Allan, 1932)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Aplysia denisoni E. A. Smith, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aplysia extraordinaria)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Tethys extraordinaria J. K. Allan, 1932)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
