Onchidella binneyi

Onchidella binneyi is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae.[2]

Onchidella binneyi
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Systellommatophora
Family: Onchidiidae
Genus: Onchidella
Species:
O. binneyi
Binomial name
Onchidella binneyi
Stearns, 1894[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Onchidella carpenteri Stearns, 1879 nec Binney, 1861
  • Onchidium carpenteri Semper, 1885 nec Binney, 1861
  • Oncidiella hildae Hoffmann, 1928

Description

Distribution

It is found along the eastern coast of the Pacific from the Gulf of California to Ecuador.[3]

References
  1. Stearns, Robert E. C. (1893). "On rare or little known mollusks from the west coast of North and South America, with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 16 (941): 342–343. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.16-941.341; Pl. 50, Figs. 1–2.
  2. Bouchet, P., Dayrat, B. (2014). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Onchidella binneyi Stearns, 1894". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  3. Dayrat, Benoît; Zimmermann, Sara; Raposa, Melissa (2011). "Taxonomic revision of the Onchidiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific". Journal of Natural History. 45 (15–16): 943–962. doi:10.1080/00222933.2010.545486.


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