Philinopsis gigliolii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Cephalaspidea |
Family: | Aglajidae |
Genus: | Philinopsis |
Species: | P. gigliolii |
Binomial name | |
Philinopsis gigliolii (Tapparone Canefri, 1874) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Philinopsis gigliolii is a species of small and colorful aglajid sea slug, a shell-less opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aglajidae. [1] [2]
It has an Indo-Pacific distribution in southeastern Australia and northern New Zealand. [2]
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