Atagema albata

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Atagema albata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Atagema
Species:
A. albata
Binomial name
Atagema albata
(Burn, 1962) [1]
Synonyms

Trippa albata Burn, 1962

Atagema albata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.

Distribution

This species was described from Victoria, Australia. It has also been reported from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. [2]

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References

  1. Burn, R. F. 1962. Descriptions of Victorian nudibranchiate Mollusca, with a comprehensive review of the Eolidacea. Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne (25):95-128.
  2. Cobb, G. & Mullins, D. (2013). Atagema albata Nudibranchs of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.