''Alderia'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
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s,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the family
Limapontiidae
Limapontiidae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small to minute sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine (ocean), marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Limapontiidae. Accessed through: ...
. These are
sacoglossa
Sacoglossa, commonly known as the sacoglossans or the "solar-powered sea slugs", are a superorder of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobranchia. Sacoglossans live by ingesting the cellular co ...
n sea slugs.
The name ''Alderia'' first appeared in
Thompson
Thompson may refer to:
People
* Thompson (surname)
* Thompson M. Scoon (1888–1953), New York politician
Places Australia
*Thompson Beach, South Australia, a locality
Bulgaria
* Thompson, Bulgaria, a village in Sofia Province
Canada
* ...
's 1844 ''Report on the fauna of Ireland''
[Thompson W. (1844). "Report on the fauna of Ireland: Div. Invertebrata. Drawn up, at the request of the British Association". ''Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science'' 1844;1843]
245
291. as a
nomen nudum (Allmann
MSS).
Species
Species within the genus ''Alderia'' include:
* ''
Alderia modesta'' (Lovén, 1844)
* ''
Alderia uda'' (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1956)
* ''
Alderia willowi'' Krug, Ellingson, Burton & Valdés, 2007
References
Limapontiidae
Taxa named by George Allman (natural historian)
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