Bursatella hirsuta

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Bursatella hirsuta
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Clade: Anaspidea
Superfamily: Aplysioidea
Family: Aplysiidae
Genus: Bursatella
Species:
B. hirsuta
Binomial name
Bursatella hirsuta
Nimbs & N.G. Wilson, 2020[1]

Bursatella hirsuta is a species of large sea slug or sea hare, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.[2]

Distribution[]

This species occurs on the south coast of Australia and in Western Australia, where it was previously mistaken for Bursatella leachii.

References[]

  1. ^ Nimbs M.J. & Wilson N.G. (2020). Description of a new species of Bursatella Blainville, 1817 (Gastropoda, Aplysiida, Aplysiidae) from southern Australia. Molluscan Research. DOI 10.1080/13235818.2020.1837055.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Bursatella hirsuta Nimbs & N. G. Wilson, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2021-01-28.
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