Pseudunela espiritusanta
| Pseudunela espiritusanta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Acochlidiacea clade Hedylopsacea[1] |
| Family: | Pseudunelidae |
| Genus: | Pseudunela |
| Species: | P. espiritusanta |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudunela espiritusanta Neusser & Schrödl, 2009[2] | |
Pseudunela espiritusanta is a species of sea slug, an acochlidian, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudunelidae.
Its specific name is a reference to Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu, where it was found.[2]
This species, from Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu, lives in brackish water. The other two species in the genus Pseudunela are fully marine.[2]
References
- ↑ Schrödl M. & Neusser T. P. (2010). "Towards a phylogeny and evolution of Acochlidia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 124-154. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00544.x.
- 1 2 3 Neusser T. P. & Schrödl M. (18 August 2009) "Between Vanuatu tides: 3D anatomical reconstruction of a new brackish water acochlidian gastropod from Espiritu Santo. Zoosystema 31(3): 453-469. PDF
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