| Thorunna montrouzieri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Thorunna |
| Species: | T. montrouzieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Thorunna montrouzieri | |
Thorunna montrouzieri is a brightly coloured species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2]
This species was described from New Caledonia. It is reported from Queensland, Australia and possibly Okinawa, Japan. [3]
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