''Placida aoteana'' is a
species of minute
sea slug, a
marine
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opisthobranch
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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 ().
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mollusk or
micromollusk
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in the
family Limapontiidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Placida aoteana (Powell, 1937). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=548856 on 2022-01-22]
References
* MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Placida aoteana (Powell, 1937). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=548856 on 2022-01-22
* Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press.
Limapontiidae
Gastropods described in 1937
* Chichvarkhin A.Yu., Ekimova I.A., Chalenko K.P., Schepetov D., Chichvarkhina O.V. & Valdés Á.A. (2016). Placida babai (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Sacoglossa) from Russian waters of the Sea of Japan. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society. 20(1): 44-56
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