Onchidella nigricans

Onchidella nigricans is a species of small, air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidiidae.

Onchidella nigricans
Dorsal view of Onchidella nigricans
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. nigricans
Binomial name
Onchidella nigricans
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Onchidella irrorata (Gould, 1852)
  • Onchidella obscura (Plate, 1893)
  • Onchidella patelloida (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
  • Onchidium nigricans Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
  • Onchidium patelloide Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
  • Oncidiella obscura Plate, 1893
  • Peronia irrorata Gould, 1852

Distribution

This species occurs in New Zealand,[2] where it is common.

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References
  1. WoRMS : Onchidella nigricans; accessed : 30 September 2010
  2. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • 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

Further reading

Alfaro, Andrea (2009). "Diet of the pulmonate gastropod Onchidella nigricans in the intertidal rocky shore, New Zealand". Animal Biology. 59 (2): 231–240. doi:10.1163/157075609X437736. ISSN 1570-7555.


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