Knoutsodonta bouvieri

Knoutsodonta bouvieri is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]

Knoutsodonta bouvieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Onchidorididae
Genus:
Knoutsodonta
Species:
K. bouvieri
Binomial name
Knoutsodonta bouvieri
Synonyms[2]
  • Lamellidoris bouvieri Vayssière, 1919 ([basionym])
  • Onchidoris bouvieri (Vayssière, 1919)

Distribution

This species was described from Carry-le-Rouet on the Mediterranean Sea coast of France. It is similar to Onchidoris depressa and has not been reported since the original description.[3]

References
  1. Vayssière A. (1919). Recherches zoologiques et anatomiques sur les mollusques opistobranches du Golfe de Marseille, 2e suppl. Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, 17: 53-92.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Knoutsodonta bouvieri (Vayssière, 1919). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-10.
  3. Trainito, E. & Doneddu, M. (2014). Nudibranchi del Mediterraneo. 2nd Edition. Il Castello. ISBN 9788865204801, 192 pp. page 18.
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