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s, shell-less marine

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mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

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Chromodorididae Chromodorididae, or chromodorids, are a taxonomic family of colourful sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea. “Chromodorid nudibranchs are among the most gorgeously coloured of all animals.� ...

. This genus has become a synonym of ''

Mexichromis ''Mexichromis'' is a genus of colourful sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P. (2011)''Mexichromis'' Bertsch, 1977.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' Bertsch, 1977Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012)
''Durvilledoris''.
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-28. Although the type species of this genus was transferred to ''

'' two species were not reallocated nor mentioned in the text.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 page(s): 287

Species

Species in the genus ''Durvilledoris'' previously included: * '' Durvilledoris albofimbria'' Rudman, 1995 * '' Durvilledoris circumflava'' Rudman, 1990 * ''Durvilledoris circumflavus'' Rudman, 1990: synonym of ''Durvilledoris circumflava'' Rudman, 1990 * ''Durvilledoris lemniscata'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1832: synonym of '' Mexichromis lemniscata'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) * ''Durvilledoris pusilla'' (

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, 1874): synonym of '' Mexichromis pusilla'' (Bergh, 1874) * ''Durvilledoris similaris'' Rudman, 1986: synonym of '' Mexichromis similaris'' (Rudman, 1986)

References

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