Platevindex

Platevindex is a genus of air-breathing sea slugs, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Onchidiidae.^[1][2]

Platevindex
Platevindex slug on a mangrove tree in Darwin, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Systellommatophora
Superfamily:	Onchidioidea
Family:	Onchidiidae
Genus:	Platevindex Baker, 1938
Type species
Onchidium coriaceum C. Semper, 1882
Synonyms[1]
Oncis Plate, 1893 (invalid: junior homonym of Oncis Herrmannsen, 1847)

Platevindex slugs live in intertidal habitats of the Indo-West Pacific. Most Platevindex species are found in mangrove forests, but some species may be found in salt marshes or on coral rubble near mangrove trees.^[2] These slugs are characterized by their dorso-ventrally flattened body and a very narrow foot.^{[citation needed]}

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Platevindex :^[3]

• Platevindex amboinae (Plate, 1893)
• Platevindex applanatus (Simroth, 1920)
• Platevindex aptei Goulding & Dayrat, 2021
• Platevindex burnupi (Collinge, 1902)
• Platevindex cinereus (Odhner, 1917) (nomen dubium, based on nomen dubium)
• Platevindex coriaceus (Semper, 1882)
• Platevindex latus (Plate, 1893)
• Platevindex luteus (Semper, 1882)
• Platevindex martensi (Plate, 1893)
• Platevindex mortoni Britton, 1984 (nomen dubium)
• Platevindex tigrinus (Stoliczka, 1869)

Species brought into synonymy

• Platevindex condorianus (Rochebrune, 1882): synonym of Platevindex coriaceus coriaceus (Semper, 1882)
• Platevindex coriaceum (C. Semper, 1882): synonym of Platevindex coriaceus (C. Semper, 1882) (incorrect gender ending of specific epithet)
• Platevindex granulosus (Lesson, 1826): synonym of Onchidium granulosum Lesson, 1826
• Platevindex inspectabilis Plate, 1893: synonym of Platevindex martensi (Plate, 1893)
• Platevindex schneideri Hoffmann, 1932: synonym of Platevindex luteus (Semper, 1882)
• Platevindex semperi Plate, 1893: synonym of Platevindex coriaceus coriaceus (Semper, 1882)
• Platevindex stuxbergi (Westerlund, 1883): synonym of Onchidium stuxbergi (Westerlund, 1883)
• Oncis coeca Plate, 1893: synonym of Platevindex amboinae (Plate, 1893)