Philinopsis taronga

Philinopsis taronga is a species of small and colorful aglajid sea slug, a shell-less opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aglajidae.[1]

Philinopsis taronga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Cephalaspidea
Superfamily:
Philinoidea
Family:
Aglajidae
Genus:
Philinopsis
Species:
P. taronga
Binomial name
Philinopsis taronga
(Allan, 1933)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aglaja taronga Allan, 1933 (basionym)
  • Chelidonura aureopunctata Rudman, 1968

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2010). Philinopsis taronga (Allan, 1933). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531562 on 2011-02-07
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Burn R. (2006) A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports 10:1–42


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