Knoutsodonta inconspicua

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Knoutsodonta inconspicua
AlderHancockFam1Plate12.jpg
Plate from original description, fig. 9-16.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea

clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Onchidorididae
Genus:
Knoutsodonta
Species:
K. inconspicua
Binomial name
Knoutsodonta inconspicua
(Alder & Hancock, 1851)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Doris inconspicua Alder & Hancock, 1851
  • Onchidoris inconspicua (Alder & Hancock, 1851)

Knoutsodonta inconspicua is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2][3]

Distribution[]

This species was described from Northumberland, England. It is currently known from the European coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean from Norway south to Brittany.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Alder, J., & A. Hancock (1851) A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. Pt. 5, fam. 1, pl. 12. Ray Society, London.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Knoutsodonta inconspicua (Alder & Hancock, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-10.
  3. ^ Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213
  4. ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Onchidoris inconspicua (Alder & Hancock, 1851). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-01-16.
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