Dolabella (gastropod)
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| Dolabella auricularia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Aplysiomorpha P. Fischer, 1883 |
| Superfamily: | Aplysioidea |
| Family: | Aplysiidae |
| Genus: | Dolabella Lamarck, 1801 |
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Dolabella is a genus of sea slugs or sea hares, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.
Description
In the sea hares of the genus Dolabella the back end of the body has turned into a slanted disc-like shield, with a large, calcified shell buried inside. The color is variable, with specks of green and brown.
There are fossil records of † Dolabella aldrichi from the Early Miocene, found in the Chipola Formation in Florida [1]
Species
Species within the genus Dolabella include:
- † Dolabella aldrichi
- Dolabella auricularia Lightfoot, 1786 or Wedge Sea Hare
- Dolabella gigas Rang, 1828
- Distribution : Indian Ocean.
- Description : The internal shell has a saucer-shaped extension; armed penis
References
External links
- SEM images of the radula can be found at Thompson; Bebbington (1973). "Scanning electron microscope studies of gastropod radulae". Malacologia 14: 147–165.
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