Onchidoris lactea

Onchidoris lactea is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]

Onchidoris lactea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Onchidorididae
Genus:
Onchidoris
Species:
O. lactea
Binomial name
Onchidoris lactea
(A. E. Verrill, 1900)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Lamellidoris lactea A. E. Verrill, 1900

Distribution

This species was described from Bailey's Bay Island, Bermuda. Additional specimens were described in 1901.[3]

References
  1. Verrill, A. E. (1900). The nudibranchs and naked tectibranchs of the Bermudas. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences 10:545-550, pl. 66.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Onchidoris lactea. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-21.
  3. Verrill, A. E. (1901). Additions to the fauna of the Bermudas from the Yale Expedition of 1901, with notes on other species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences 11(1):15-62, pls. 1-9.
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