Gargamella gravastella

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Gargamella gravastella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Gargamella
Species:
G. gravastella
Binomial name
Gargamella gravastella
Garavoy, Valdes & Gosliner, 1999 [1]

Gargamella gravastella is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae. [2]

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Distribution

This species was described from South Africa.

Description

Ecology

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References

  1. Garavoy J.B., Valdés Á. & Gosliner T.M. (1999). Two new species of Gargamella (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) from South Africa. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (4) 51(4): 245-257
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Gargamella gravastella Garavoy, Valdés & Gosliner, 1999. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-14.