Biology:Onchidella maculata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Onchidella maculata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Systellommatophora |
| Family: | Onchidiidae |
| Genus: | Onchidella |
| Species: | O. maculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893)
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Onchidella maculata is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae.[1]
Description
A small (10mm) mottled brown hemispherical slug. Skin thick and warty, head with a pair of short brown tentacles.[2]
Distribution
Orange River mouth to Cape Agulhas.[3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2010.
- ↑ Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2016. Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa 4th Edition ISBN:978-1-77584-275-0
- ↑ "Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System". https://obis.org/taxon/446603.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893)". http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446603#distributions.
Wikidata ☰ Q7091972 entry
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