Acanthodoris metulifera

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

Acanthodoris metulifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Doridina
Superfamily:	Onchidoridoidea
Family:	Onchidorididae
Genus:	Acanthodoris
Species:	A. metulifera
Binomial name
Acanthodoris metulifera Bergh, 1905[1]

Distribution

This species was described from the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia.[3] It has not been reported since the original description and may be synonymous with Acanthodoris nanega and Acanthodoris globosa.[4]

References

1. Bergh, L. S. R. (1905) Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 9, Theil 6, Lief. 2, pp. 57-118, pls. 5-8.
2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Acanthodoris metulifera Bergh, 1905. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-12.
3. Burn R. (2006) A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine Museum Victoria Science Reports 10:1–42.
4. Fahey S. & Valdés A. (2005). A review of Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 with a Phylogenetic Analysis of Onchidorididae Alder and Hancock, 1845 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56: 213-272.