''Notodoris'' is a
genus
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of sea slugs, dorid
nudibranch
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s,
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
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s in the family
Aegiridae
Aegiridae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Polyceroidea.Bouchet, P. (2015)Aegiridae Odhner, 1941.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-14 ...
.
It has been treated as a synonym of ''
Aegires
''Aegires'' is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aegiridae. Species within this genus feed exclusively on calcareous sponges.
''Aegires'' is the type genus of the family Aegiridae.
Species
Species ...
'' but re-established on the basis of radula and jaw characters.
[Moro L. & Ortea J. (2015). ''Nuevos taxones de babosas marinas de las islas Canarias y de Cabo Verde (Mollusca: Heterobranchia).'' Vieraea. 43: 21-86]
Species
Species in the genus ''Notodoris'' include:
[Bouchet, P.; Bieler, R. (2015)]
''Notodoris'' Bergh, 1875.
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-02-17.
* ''
Notodoris citrina''
Bergh, 1875 -
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
* ''
Notodoris gardineri''
Eliot, 1906
* ''
Notodoris lanzarotensis''
Moro & Ortea, 2015
* ''
Notodoris minor''
Eliot, 1904
* ''
Notodoris serenae''
Gosliner & Behrens, 1997
Species considered to be synonyms:
* ''Notodoris megastigmata''
Allan, 1932 ''Notodoris gardineri''
Eliot, 1906
References
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Aegiridae
Gastropod genera