''Tritoniopsis'' is a
genus of
sea slugs, specifically
dendronotid nudibranchs. It is 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 Tritoniidae.
[MolluscaBase (2018)]
''Tritoniopsis'' Eliot, 1905.
Accessed on 2021-01-11.
Species
Species in the genus Tritoniopsis include:
* ''
Tritoniopsis brucei
''Tritoniopsis brucei'' is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks ...
''
Eliot, 1905 - type species of the Genus
* ''
Tritoniopsis cincta
''Tritoniopsis cincta'' is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.Gofas, S. (2004) ''Tritoniopsis cincta''.In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species o ...
''
(Pruvot-Fol, 1937)
* ''
Tritoniopsis elegans
''Tritoniopsis elegans'' is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae and is found in the western Indo-Pacific. It was first described by the French naturalist Jean Victoire Audouin in 1826 ...
''
(Audouin in Savigny, 1826)
* ''
Tritoniopsis frydis''
Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Tritoniopsis alba''
(Baba, 1949): synonym of ''Tritoniopsis elegans''
(Audouin, 1826)
* ''Tritoniopsis gravieri''
Vayssière, 1912: synonym of ''Tritoniopsis elegans''
(Audouin, 1826)
References
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Tritoniidae