Thorunna speciosa

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Thorunna speciosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Thorunna
Species:
T. speciosa
Binomial name
Thorunna speciosa
Rudman, 1990 [1]

Thorunna speciosa is a 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 Halifax Point, Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia. [3]

Description

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References

  1. Rudman, W. B. (1990). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 100: 263-326.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Thorunna speciosa Rudman, 1990. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-07-16.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1998 (April 13) Thorunna speciosus Rudman, 1990. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.