''Roburnella wilsoni'' is a

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of small sea snail or bubble snail, a

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gastropod mollusc 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 Oxynoid ...

. ''Roburnella wilsoni'' is the only species in the genus ''Roburnella''. The specific name "''wilsoni''" is apparently in honor of U.K./Australian malacologist John Bracebridge Wilson (1828-1895), who collected the type specimen.

Distribution

The type locality for this species is from

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, 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 mat ...

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