''Digidentis'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
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s, dorid
nudibranchs, shell-less
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Chromodorididae. This genus has become a synonym of ''
Thorunna
''Thorunna'' is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.
Description
The genus ''Thorunna'' contains chromodorid nudibranchs with a distinctive radula, which is ...
'' Bergh, 1878
Species
Species in the genus ''Digidentis'' previously included:
* ''Digidentis arbuta'' (Burn, 1961): synonym of ''
Thorunna arbuta
''Thorunna arbuta'' is a species of dorid nudibranch in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018)''Thorunna arbuta'' Ortea, Bacallado & Valdés, 1992.Accessed on 2018-12-24.
Distribution
This species was described from Danger Point, Tor ...
'' (Burn, 1961)
* ''Digidentis kulonba''
Burn, 1966: synonym of ''
Doriprismatica kulonba (''Burn, 1966)
* ''Digidentis perplexa''
Burn, 1957: synonym of ''
Thorunna perplexa'' (Burn, 1957)
References
Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) ''Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs.'' PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
Chromodorididae
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