Peronia peronii

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

Peronia peronii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Systellommatophora
Superfamily:
Onchidioidea
Family:
Onchidiidae
Genus:
Peronia
Species:
P. peronii
Binomial name
Peronia peronii
(Cuvier, 1804)
Synonyms[1]
  • Onchidium melanopneumon Bergh, 1884
  • Onchidium peronii Cuvier, 1804
  • Onchidium tonganum Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
  • Peronia corpulenta Gould, 1852
  • Peronia mauritiana Blainville, 1824

Description

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and Mozambique.

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References
  1. Peronia peronii (Cuvier, 1804). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2010.
  • 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


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