Acanthodoris mollicella

Acanthodoris mollicella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Onchidoridoidea
Family:	Acanthodorididae
Genus:	Acanthodoris
Species:	A. mollicella
Binomial name
	Acanthodoris mollicella; Abraham, 1877

Last updated September 11, 2025

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

Distribution

This species was described from Lord Auckland's Islands, New Zealand. It has not been reported since the original description.^[3]

References

↑ Abraham, P. S. (1877) Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca, with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pp. 196-269, pls. 27-30, page 228, page 262, plate XXX figs 1-4.
↑ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Acanthodoris mollicella Abraham, 1877. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-11.
↑ 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.

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[1] Abraham, P. S. (1877) Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca, with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pp. 196-269, pls. 27-30, page 228, page 262, plate XXX figs 1-4.

[2] Rosenberg, G. (2015). Acanthodoris mollicella Abraham, 1877. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-11.

[Fahey_2005-3] 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.

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