''Roburnella wilsoni'' is a

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of small

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or bubble snail, a marine

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in the family

Oxynoidae Oxynoidae is a family of sea snails, bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Oxynooidea, an opisthobranch group. This family has no subfamilies. Genera The following three genera or four are included in the family Oxynoida ...

. ''Roburnella wilsoni'' is the only species in the genus ''Roburnella''. The

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"''wilsoni''" is apparently in honor of U.K./Australian malacologist John Bracebridge Wilson, who collected the type specimen.

Distribution

The type locality for this species is from

Port Phillip Port Phillip (Kulin languages, Kulin: ''Narm-Narm'') or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped bay#Types, enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The bay opens into the Bass Strait via a short, ...

, Victoria, Australia.Jensen K. R. (November 2007)
"Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)"
. ''

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'' 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.

Description

''Roburnella wilsoni'' was described based on collection of U.K./Australian malacologist John Bracebridge Wilson (1828–1895). It was originally described (under name ''Lobiger Wilsoni'') by Australian

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of British origin

Ralph Tate Ralph Tate (11 March 1840 – 20 September 1901) was a British-born botanist and geologist, who was later active in Australia. Early life Tate was born at Alnwick in Northumberland, the son of Thomas Turner Tate (1807–1888), a teacher of math ...

in 1889. The original text (the

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) reads as follows:

References

External links

* http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/robuwils {{Taxonbar, from=Q7353529 Oxynoidae Gastropods described in 1889 Taxa named by Ralph Tate