Doris tanya

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Doris tanya
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doris
Species:
D. tanya
Binomial name
Doris tanya
Ev. Marcus, 1971 [1]

Doris tanya is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae. [2] Named after Tanya, Gale G. Sphon's cat. [3]

Distribution

This species was described from California where it is predominantly an intertidal species. [4] It has been redescribed with specimens from Southern California to Panama. [5]

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References

  1. Marcus Ev. (1971). On some euthyneuran gastropods from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 39(5): 355-369.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Doris tanya Ev. Marcus, 1971. Accessed on 2021-04-07.
  3. "Gale G. Jr. Sphon | Shellers From the Past and Present". www.conchology.be. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  4. Behrens, D., 2020. Doris tanya In: Miller, M., the Slug Site.
  5. Camacho-Garcia, Y.E. & Gosliner, T.M. (2008). Nudibranch dorids from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica with the descriptions of a new species. Bulletin of Marine Science. 83(2): 367-389.