{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Platevindex coriaceus darwinensis.jpg |image_caption = ''Platevindex'' slug on a mangrove tree in Darwin, Australia |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Platevindex |authority = Baker, 1938 |type_species = ''Onchidium coriaceum'' |type_species_authority = C. Semper, 1882 |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = ''Oncis'' <small>Plate, 1893</small> (invalid: junior homonym of ''Oncis'' <small>Herrmannsen, 1847</small>) }}
'''''Platevindex''''' is a genus of air-breathing sea slugs, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Onchidiidae.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Platevindex H. B. Baker, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=424032 on 2021-06-30</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Goulding|first=Tricia C.|last2=Bourke|first2=Adam J.|last3=Comendador|first3=Joseph|last4=Khalil|first4=Munawar|last5=Quang|first5=Ngo Xuan|last6=Tan|first6=Shau Hwai|last7=Tan|first7=Siong Kiat|last8=Dayrat|first8=Benoît|date=2021-03-08|title=Systematic revision of Platevindex Baker, 1938 (Gastropoda: Euthyneura: Onchidiidae)|url=https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1259|journal=European Journal of Taxonomy|language=en|volume=737|pages=1–133|doi=10.5852/ejt.2021.737.1259|issn=2118-9773|doi-access=free}}</ref>
''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.<ref name=":0" /> These slugs are characterized by their dorso-ventrally flattened body and a very narrow foot.{{fact|date=June 2021}}
== Species == According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Platevindex'' :<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=424032 WoRMS : Platevindex; accessed : 27 June 2021]</ref>
* ''Platevindex amboinae'' <small>(Plate, 1893)</small> * ''Platevindex applanatus'' <small>(Simroth, 1920)</small> * ''Platevindex aptei'' Goulding & Dayrat, 2021 * ''Platevindex burnupi'' <small>(Collinge, 1902)</small> * ''Platevindex cinereus'' <small>(Odhner, 1917)</small> (nomen dubium, based on nomen dubium) * ''Platevindex coriaceus'' <small>(Semper, 1882)</small> * ''Platevindex latus'' <small>(Plate, 1893)</small> * ''Platevindex luteus'' <small>(Semper, 1882)</small> * ''Platevindex martensi'' <small>(Plate, 1893)</small> * ''Platevindex mortoni'' <small>Britton, 1984</small> (nomen dubium) * ''Platevindex tigrinus'' <small>(Stoliczka, 1869)</small> ;Species brought into synonymy * ''Platevindex condorianus'' <small>(Rochebrune, 1882)</small>: synonym of ''Platevindex coriaceus coriaceus'' <small>(Semper, 1882)</small> * ''Platevindex coriaceum'' <small>(C. Semper, 1882)</small>: synonym of ''Platevindex coriaceus'' <small>(C. Semper, 1882)</small> (incorrect gender ending of specific epithet) * ''Platevindex granulosus'' <small>(Lesson, 1826)</small>: synonym of ''Onchidium granulosum'' <small>Lesson, 1826</small> * ''Platevindex inspectabilis'' <small>Plate, 1893</small>: synonym of Platevindex martensi (Plate, 1893) * ''Platevindex schneideri'' <small>Hoffmann, 1932</small>: synonym of ''Platevindex luteus'' <small>(Semper, 1882)</small> * ''Platevindex semperi'' <small>Plate, 1893</small>: synonym of ''Platevindex coriaceus coriaceus'' <small>(Semper, 1882)</small> * ''Platevindex stuxbergi'' <small>(Westerlund, 1883)</small>: synonym of ''Onchidium stuxbergi'' <small>(Westerlund, 1883)</small> * ''Oncis coeca'' <small>Plate, 1893</small>: synonym of ''Platevindex amboinae'' <small>(Plate, 1893)</small>
== References == {{Reflist}} * Dayrat, B. (2009). Review of the current knowledge of the systematics of Onchidiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) with a checklist of nominal species. Zootaxa. 2068: 1-26.
==External links== * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11175213 Plate, L. H. (1893). Studien über opisthopneumone Lungenschnecken. II. Die Onciiden. Ein Beitrag zur Stammegeschichte der Pulmonaten. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abt. für Anatomie und Ontologie der Thiere. 7(1): 93-234, pls 7-12] * [https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1259/3715 Goulding, T. C., Bourke, A. J., Comendador, J., Khalil, M., Quang, N. X., Tan, S. H., Tan, S. K. & Dayrat, B. (2021). Systematic revision of Platevindex Baker, 1938 (Gastropoda: Euthyneura: Onchidiidae). European Journal of Taxonomy. 737: 1-133.]
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Category:Onchidiidae Category:Taxa named by Horace Burrington Baker