Onchidiopsis carnea

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Onchidiopsis carnea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Velutinidae
Genus: Onchidiopsis
Species:
O. carnea
Binomial name
Onchidiopsis carnea
Bergh, 1853
Synonyms [1]
  • Onchidiopsis latissimaOdhner, 1913

Onchidiopsis carnea is a species of small sea snail with a transparent internal shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae. Because the shell is mostly internal, the snail resembles a sea slug in general appearance. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Onchidiopsis carnea Bergh, 1853 . Gofas, S. (2009). Onchidiopsis carnea Bergh, 1853. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180998 on 14 August 2010 .