original description
Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825-1827). <i>Manuel de malacologie et de conchyliologie</i>. Paris, Levrault 1-647 [1825], 649-664 + 109 pl. [1827]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43891
page(s): 470 [1825, nomen nudum]; pl. 43 fig. 2 [1827] [details]
source of synonymy
Goodheart J., Camacho-García Y., Padula V., Schrödl M., Cervera J.L., Gosliner T.M. & Valdés Á. (2015). Systematics and biogeography of <i>Pleurobranchus</i> Cuvier, 1804, sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Nudipleura: Pleurobranchidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 174: 322-362., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12237 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality not stated [details]