A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia
Museum Victoria Science Reports: No. 10 pp 1-42 (2006)
Abstract
A checklist of the opisthobranch fauna (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, southeastern Australia comprises a total of 364 nominal species, divided as follows: Acteonida and Cephalaspidea 77 species, Rhodopemorpha 1 species, Sacoglossa 31 species, Anaspidea 10 species, Umbraculida 2 species, Pleurobranchida 6 species, Pteropoda 25 species, and Nudibranchia 212 species. One hundred and thirty eight species (38%) are assigned to genus only; these include both unidentified and unnamed species. Forty species (11%) are yet to be taken alive within the checklist area. The bibliography includes references for the original descriptions of all the genera and all the named species, together with all literature pertinent in some way to the opisthobranch fauna of Victoria, the Bass Strait area, and southeastern Australia.
Citation
Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports 10: 1–42.