''Doto africana'' is a
species of
sea slug, a
nudibranch, a
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 ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the
family Dotidae''.
[Bouchet, P. (2015)]
''Doto africana'' Eliot, 1905.
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-26.
Distribution
This species was described from Chuaka,
Mkoani
Mkoani is a town located on the Tanzanian island of Pemba. It is the capital of Pemba South region, as well as Mkoani District. Mkoani now has the busiest harbour on Pemba island, most ferries from Zanzibar or the mainland arrive at Mkoani.
Th ...
,
Pemba,
Tanzania,
Africa.
Description
The size of the body attains 15 mm.
References
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Dotidae
Gastropods described in 1905