Onchidella floridana

Onchidella floridana is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae.[1]

Onchidella floridana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Systellommatophora
Superfamily:
Onchidioidea
Family:
Onchidiidae
Genus:
Onchidella
Species:
O. floridana
Binomial name
Onchidella floridana
(Dall, 1885)
Synonyms[1]
  • Onchidium floridanum Dall, 1885
  • Onchidium transatlanticum Heilprin, 1889
  • Onchidium trans-atlanticum Heilprin, 1889 (forbidden use of a dash)

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

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References
  1. Onchidella floridana (Dall, 1885) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2011.
  • 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
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas


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