Thuridilla hopei

Thuridilla hopei
A live individual of Thuridilla hopei, head end towards the bottom
Thuridilla hopei about 2 cm in length
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia informal group Opisthobranchia clade Sacoglossa clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily:	Plakobranchoidea
Family:	Plakobranchidae
Genus:	Thuridilla
Species:	T. hopei
Binomial name
Thuridilla hopei (Verany, 1853)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Elysia splendida Grube, 1861

Thuridilla hopei is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Plakobranchidae.^[2]

Distribution

The type locality for this marine species is Nice, France, in the Mediterranean Sea.^[3] This species is also found off Spain, Portugal and Greece.

References

1. Verany, M. (1853). "Catalogue des Mollusques cephalopodes, pteropodes, Gasteropodes nudibranches, etc.... des environs de Nice". Journal de Conchyliologie 4(1): 375-392.
2. Gofas, S. (2010). Thuridilla hopei (Vérany, 1853). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139687 on 2012-06-11
3. Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)" Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

• Sea Slug Forum info