''Trinchesia catachroma'' is a
species
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of
sea slug
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, an aeolid
nudibranch
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, 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
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in the family
Trinchesiidae
Trinchesiidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.
Taxonomic history
This family was reinstated as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2010). Trinchesia catachroma (Burn, 1963). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534079 on 2017-12-05]
Distribution
This species was described from
Australia
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.
References
External links
Burn, R. F. (2006). A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports. 10:1–42
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Trinchesiidae
Gastropods described in 1963