Euselenops luniceps

Euselenops luniceps
A mating pair of Euselenops luniceps, Bontoh, Sangeang, Indonesia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pleurobranchida
Family: Pleurobranchaeidae
Genus: Euselenops
Pilsbry, 1896
Species:
E. luniceps
Binomial name
Euselenops luniceps
(Cuvier, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Neda H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Oscaniopsis amboinei Vayssière, 1898
  • Oscaniopsis compta Bergh, 1897
  • Oscaniopsis semperi Bergh, 1897
  • Pleurobranchus luniceps Cuvier, 1817 (original combination)

Euselenops luniceps is a species of sea slug, a pleurobranchomorph gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchaeidae.


Euselenops luniceps is the type species of the genus Euselenops and Euselenops luniceps is the only species in the genus Euselenops.

The radula of this species was studied by Thompson & Bebbington (1973), but they did not publish a description or an image of it.

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