Wallaconchis Goulding & Dayrat 2018

Wallaconchis is a genus of air-breathing sea slugs, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Onchidiidae.

They live in the intertidal zone near mangrove trees on coral rubble, sand, sandy mud, or rocks.^[2]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are part of the genus Wallaconchis:^[1]

• Wallaconchis achleitneri Goulding, 2018
• Wallaconchis ater (Lesson, 1831)
• Wallaconchis buetschlii (Stantschinsky, 1907)
• Wallaconchis comendadori Goulding & Dayrat, 2018
• Wallaconchis gracilis (Stantschinsky, 1907)
• Wallaconchis graniferus (Semper, 1880)
• Wallaconchisx melanesiensis Goulding & Dayrat, 2018
• Wallaconchis nangkauriensis (Plate, 1893)
• Wallaconchis sinanui Goulding & Dayrat, 2018
• Wallaconchis uncinus Goulding & Dayrat, 2018

Nomen dubium

• Wallaconchis fungiformis (Stantschinsky, 1907)
• Wallaconchis ovalis (C. Semper, 1880)
• Wallaconchis simrothi (Plate, 1893)

Species brought into synonymy

• Wallaconchis atra (Lesson, 1831): synonym of Wallaconchis ater (Lesson, 1831)
• Wallaconchis fungiforme (Stantschinsky, 1907): synonym of Wallaconchis fungiformis (Stantschinsky, 1907) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
• Wallaconchis gracile (Stantschinsky, 1907): synonym of Wallaconchis gracilis (Stantschinsky, 1907) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
• Wallaconchis graniferum (C. Semper, 1880): synonym of Wallaconchis graniferus (C. Semper, 1880) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
• Wallaconchis nangkauriense (Plate, 1893): synonym of Wallaconchis nangkauriensis (Plate, 1893) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)

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