''Duvaucelia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea slug
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s,
nudibranch
Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs, belonging to the order Nudibranchia, that shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have b ...
s, shell-less
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the family
Tritoniidae
Tritoniidae is a taxonomic family of nudibranchs in the suborder Cladobranchia, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs.MolluscaBase (2018)Tritoniidae Lamarck, 1809.Accessed on 2021-01-01 This family includes some of the largest known nudibranch ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase]
''Duvaucelia'' Risso, 1826.
Accessed on 2021-01-01. It was synonymised with ''Tritonia'' until 2020 when a revision of the family Tritoniidae brought it back into use.
[Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020)]
Consolidated data on the phylogeny and evolution of the family Tritoniidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) contribute to genera reassessment and clarify the taxonomic status of the neuroscience models ''Tritonia'' and ''Tochuina''.
PLOS ONE. 15(11): e0242103.
Species
Species within the genus ''Duvaucelia'' include:
* ''
Duvaucelia lineata''
(Alder & Hancock, 1848)
* ''
Duvaucelia manicata''
(Deshayes, 1853)
* ''
Duvaucelia odhneri''
J. Tardy, 1963 (=''Tritonia nilsodhneri''
Ev. Marcus, 1983
* ''
Duvaucelia plebeia''
(G. Johnston, 1828)
* ''
Duvaucelia striata''
(Haefelfinger, 1963)
* ''
Duvaucelia taliartensis''
(Ortea & Moro, 2009)
References
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Tritoniidae
Gastropod genera