Knoutsodonta bouvieri

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Knoutsodonta bouvieri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Knoutsodonta
Species:
K. bouvieri
Binomial name
Knoutsodonta bouvieri
(Vayssière, 1919) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Lamellidoris bouvieriVayssière, 1919 ([basionym])
  • Onchidoris bouvieri(Vayssière, 1919)

Knoutsodonta bouvieri is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae. [2]

Distribution

This species was described from Carry-le-Rouet on the Mediterranean Sea coast of France. It is similar to Onchidoris depressa and has not been reported since the original description. [3]

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References

  1. Vayssière A. (1919). Recherches zoologiques et anatomiques sur les mollusques opistobranches du Golfe de Marseille, 2e suppl. Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, 17: 53-92.
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Knoutsodonta bouvieri (Vayssière, 1919). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-10.
  3. Trainito, E. & Doneddu, M. (2014). Nudibranchi del Mediterraneo. 2nd Edition. Il Castello. ISBN   9788865204801, 192 pp. page 18.