MolluscaBase taxon details
Aplysia gigantea G. B. Sowerby II, 1869
568188 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568188)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1869). Monograph of the genus <i>Aplysia</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 17, pls 1-10 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [August 1869]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10975189
page(s): species 1, pl. 1 fig. 1 a,b [details]
page(s): species 1, pl. 1 fig. 1 a,b [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aplysia gigantea G. B. Sowerby II, 1869. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568188 on 2026-03-27
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original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1869). Monograph of the genus <i>Aplysia</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 17, pls 1-10 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [August 1869]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10975189
page(s): species 1, pl. 1 fig. 1 a,b [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb00373.x [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): species 1, pl. 1 fig. 1 a,b [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb00373.x [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
