Thorunna montrouzieri

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Thorunna montrouzieri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Thorunna
Species:
T. montrouzieri
Binomial name
Thorunna montrouzieri
Rudman, 1995 [1]

Thorunna montrouzieri is a brightly coloured species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2]

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Distribution

This species was described from New Caledonia. It is reported from Queensland, Australia and possibly Okinawa, Japan. [3]

Description

Ecology

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William B. Rudman, usually known as Bill Rudman, is a malacologist from New Zealand and Australia. In particular he studies sea slugs, opisthobranch gastropod molluscs, and has named many species of nudibranchs.

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References

  1. Rudman W.B. (1995) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species from New Caledonia and the Noumea romeri colour group. Molluscan Research 16: 1-43. page 37
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Thorunna montrouzieri Rudman, 1995. Accessed on 2018-12-24.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1998 (April 13) Thorunna montrouzieri Rudman, 1995. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.