Doris flabellifera

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Doris flabellifera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doris
Species:
D. flabellifera
Binomial name
Doris flabellifera
(Cheeseman, 1881) [1]
Synonyms
  • Doriopsis flabellifera(Cheeseman, 1881)

Doris flabellifera is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae. [2]

Distribution

This species was described from New Zealand. [3]

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References

  1. Cheeseman, T.F. (1880). "On some new Species of Nudibranchiate Mollusca". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand . 13: 222–224. ISSN   1176-6166. Wikidata   Q115527488.
  2. Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Doris flabellifera Cheeseman, 1881. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-03.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2009 (March 26) Doriopsis flabellifera (Cheeseman, 1881). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.