''Verconia verconis'' is a

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or dorid nudibranch, a

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in the

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Chromodorididae.Bieler, R.; Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2015). Verconia verconis (Basedow & Hedley, 1905). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533942 on 2016-01-13

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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Description

The

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, after being duly presented in the original paper, has been lost or resides in an unknown repository. Until this species is collected again, it must remain an unknown quantity Robert Burn, Memoirs of the .Notes on a collection of Nudibranchia (Gastropoda : Dorididae and Dendrodorididae) from South Australia; National Museum of Victoria no. 25 (1962)
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Ecology

References

* Rudman, W. B. (1984). ''The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera.'' Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 81(2): 115–273. page(s): 117, 167 Chromodorididae Gastropods described in 1905 {{Chromodorididae-stub