''Loy thompsoni'' is a
species of
sea slug, a 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 in the family
Corambidae
Corambidae is a family name for sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs.
Genera
Genera in the family Corambidae include:Hallas J.M. & Gosliner T.M. (2015)''Family matters: The first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae Gray, ...
.
Distribution
This species is found along the west coast of
North America
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from
Alaska to
California.
References
Chromodorididae
Gastropods described in 1991
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