''Thuridilla'' is a
genus
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of
sacoglossa
Sacoglossa are a superorder of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobranchia known as sacoglossans. There are 284 valid species recognized within this superorder. Sacoglossans live by ingestin ...
n
sea slug
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s, shell-less
marine opisthobranch
Opisthobranchs () is a now informal name for a large and diverse group of specialized complex gastropods which used to be united in the subclass Opisthobranchia. That taxon is no longer considered to represent a monophyletic grouping.
Euopistho ...
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Plakobranchidae
Plakobranchidae is a family (biology), family of sea slugs, marine (ocean), marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Plakobranchoidea. They superficially resemble nudibranchs but they are sacoglossans, members of the clade Sacog ...
.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Thuridilla Bergh, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137929 on 2012-03-08]
Species
There are 24 species within the genus ''Thuridilla'':
[.]
* ''
Thuridilla albopustulosa''
Gosliner, 1995
* ''
Thuridilla bayeri''
(Er. Marcus, 1965)
* ''
Thuridilla carlsoni''
Gosliner, 1995
* ''
Thuridilla coerulea''
(Kelaart, 1857)
* ''
Thuridilla decorata''
(Heller & Thompson, 1983)
* ''
Thuridilla flavomaculata''
Gosliner, 1995
* ''
Thuridilla gracilis''
(Risbec, 1928)
* ''
Thuridilla haingsisiana''
(Bergh, 1905)
* ''
Thuridilla hoffae''
Gosliner, 1995
* ''
Thuridilla hopei''
(Vérany, 1853)
* ''
Thuridilla indopacifica''
Gosliner, 1995
* ''
Thuridilla kathae''
Gosliner, 1995
* ''
Thuridilla lineolata''
(Bergh, 1905)
* ''
Thuridilla livida''
(Baba, 1955)
* ''
Thuridilla malaquita''
Ortea & Buske, 2014
* ''
Thuridilla mazda''
Ortea & Espinosa, 2000
* ''
Thuridilla moebii''
(Bergh, 1888)
* ''
Thuridilla multimarginata''
Gosliner, 1995
* ''
Thuridilla neona''
Gosliner, 1995
* ''
Thuridilla picta''
(A. E. Verrill, 1901)
* ''
Thuridilla ratna''
(Er. Marcus, 1965)
* ''
Thuridilla splendens''
(Baba, 1949)
* ''
Thuridilla undula''
Gosliner, 1995
* ''
Thuridilla vataae''
(Risbec, 1928)
* ''
Thuridilla virgata''
(Bergh, 1888)
;Synonyms:
* ''Thuridilla thysanopoda''
(Bergh, 1905): synonym of ''
Elysia thysanopoda Elysia may signify the following:
*Elysia (band), a deathcore band
* ''Elysia'' (gastropod), a genus of gastropods
*Elysium
Elysium (), otherwise known as the Elysian Fields (, ''Ēlýsion pedíon''), Elysian Plains or Elysian Realm, is a conc ...
''
Bergh, 1905
Gallery
Image:Thuridilla carlsoni.png, '' Thuridilla carlsoni''
Image:Thuridilla decorata.jpg, '' Thuridilla decorata''
Image:Thuridilla flavomaculata.jpg, '' Thuridilla flavomaculata''
Image:Thuridilla hoffae.jpg, '' Thuridilla hoffae''
Image:Thuridilla hopei (Vérany, 1853).jpg, '' Thuridilla hopei''
Image:Thuridilla indopacifica.jpg, '' Thuridilla indopacifica''
Image:Thuridilla kathae.jpg, '' Thuridilla kathae''
Image:Thuridilla lineolata.JPG, '' Thuridilla lineolata''
Image:Thuridilla livida.jpg, '' Thuridilla livida''
Image:Thuridilla moebii.JPG, '' Thuridilla moebii''
Image:Thuridilla multimarginata.jpg, '' Thuridilla multimarginata''
Image:Thuridilla picta cropped.jpg, '' Thuridilla picta''
Image:Thuridilla undula.jpg, '' Thuridilla undula''
Image:Thuridilla vataae.JPG, '' Thuridilla vataae''
References
External links
Bergh, L. S. R. (1872). Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: C. Semper (ed.) Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Theil 1, Heft 3: 137-176, pls 17-20
Plakobranchidae
Gastropod genera
{{Placobranchidae-stub