Duvaucelia striata

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Duvaucelia striata
Tritonia striata Haefelfinger, 1963.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Tritoniidae
Genus: Duvaucelia
Species:
D. striata
Binomial name
Duvaucelia striata
(Haefelfinger, 1963) [1]
Synonyms
  • Tritonia striataHaefelfinger, 1963

Duvaucelia striata is a species of dendronotid nudibranch from the western Mediterranean. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae. [2]

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Distribution

This species was described from Naples, Italy. It is found in the western Mediterranean from Italy to France [3] and Spain. [4] [5]

Ecology

Duvaucelia striata is reported to feed on the soft coral Paralcyonium elegans . [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Haefelfinger H.-R. (1963). "Remarques biologiques et systématiques au sujet de quelques Tritoniidae de la Méditerranée (Moll. Opisthobranchia)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie70(4): 61-76.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Duvaucelia striata (Haefelfinger, 1963). Accessed on 2021-01-01.
  3. ↑ Horst, D., 2010 (Apr 14) Tritonia striata from the French Mediterranean. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2007 (July 17) Tritonia striata Haefelfinger, 1963. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. ↑ iNaturalist, 2021. Tritonia striata accessed on 2021-01-01.
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