Biology:Tochuina

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Tochuina
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Tritoniidae
Genus: Tochuina
Odhner, 1963[1]
Species

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Tochuina is a genus of sea slugs, tritonid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tritoniidae.[2]

Taxonomy

The species composition of Tochuina was clarified in 2020 as a result of an integrative taxonomic study of the family Tritoniidae.[3] Tochuina differs from Tritonia in having a non-bilobed oral veil and the clade is supported by DNA phylogeny. An interesting finding was that the tritoniid genus Tochuina not only shows an intriguing morphological similarity to Doridoxa and Heterodoris but clusters close to these genera, which themselves cluster with the family Arminidae, in a molecular tree within the Dendronotoidea.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Tochuina include:

Species placed in synonymy:

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7812016 entry