Wallaconchis
Wallaconchis is a genus of air-breathing sea slugs, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Onchidiidae.
| Wallaconchis | |
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| Wallaconchis sinanui | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia | 
| Order: | Systellommatophora | 
| Superfamily: | Onchidioidea | 
| Family: | Onchidiidae | 
| Genus: | Wallaconchis Goulding & Dayrat, 2018  | 
| Type species | |
| Wallaconchis sinanui Goulding & Dayrat, 2018 | |
They live in the intertidal zone near mangrove trees on coral rubble, sand, sandy mud, or rocks.[1]
Species
    
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are part of the genus Wallaconchis:[2]
- 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)
 
References
    
- Goulding, Tricia C.; Khalil, Munawar; Tan, Shau Hwai; Dayrat, Benoît (6 April 2018). "Integrative taxonomy of a new and highly-diverse genus of onchidiid slugs from the Coral Triangle (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Onchidiidae)". ZooKeys (763): 1–111. doi:10.3897/zookeys.763.21252. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5996013. PMID 29896045.
 - Wallaconchis Goulding & Dayrat, 2018. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2021.
 
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