Diaulula nivosa

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Diaulula nivosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Diaulula
Species:
D. nivosa
Binomial name
Diaulula nivosa
Valdés & Bertsch, 2010

Diaulula nivosa is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae. [1]

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References

  1. Valdés Á. & Bertsch H. (2010) Two new species of dorid nudibranchs from the Gulf of California (Mar de Cortés), Baja California, Mexico (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Spixiana 33(1): 1-11., available online at http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/spix33_1_01.pdf page(s): 3. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=548011 on 2012-03-01