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Elysia  Risso, 1818
Taxonomic Serial No.: 77938

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Tridachia Deshayes, 1857
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial    
  Latest Record Review: 2004    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumMollusca  -- molluscs, mollusks, mollusques, molusco  
       ClassGastropoda Cuvier, 1797 -- caracol, caramujo, escargots, gastéropodes, gastropods, lesma, limaces, slugs, snails  
          SubclassOpisthobranchia Milne-Edwards, 1848 -- opisthobranchs  
             OrderSacoglossa   
                FamilyElysiidae   
                   GenusElysia Risso, 1818  
    Direct Children:  
                      Species Elysia canguzua Er. Marcus, 1955  
                      Species Elysia catulus (Gould, 1870)  
                      Species Elysia chlorotica Gould, 1870 -- eastern emerald elysia, emerald elysia 
                      Species Elysia cornigera Nuttall, 1989  
                      Species Elysia crispata Mørch, 1863 -- lettuce slug 
                      Species Elysia evelinae Er. Marcus, 1957  
                      Species Elysia hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1961  
                      Species Elysia ornata (Swainson, 1840) -- ornate elysia 
                      Species Elysia papillosa A. E. Verrill, 1901 -- papillose elysia 
                      Species Elysia patina Ev. Marcus, 1980  
                      Species Elysia picta A. E. Verrill, 1901 -- painted elysia 
                      Species Elysia serca Er. Marcus, 1955 -- caribbean seagrass elysia, seagrass elysia 
                      Species Elysia subornata A. E. Verrill, 1901  
                      Species Elysia tuca Ev. Marcus and Er. Marcus, 1967  
                      Species Elysia viridis   
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Elysia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Abbott, Robert Tucker  
  Publication Date: 1974   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Seashells: The Marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America. 2nd ed.   
  Page(s): 663   
  Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-442-20228-8   
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  Reference for: Elysia   
       

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