Thorunna purpuropedis

Thorunna purpuropedis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Thorunna purpuropedis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Thorunna
Species:
T. purpuropedis
Binomial name
Thorunna purpuropedis
Rudman & S. Johnson, 1985[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. It has been reported from Japan.[3]

References

  1. Rudman, W. B. (1985). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris aureomarginata, C. verrieri and C. fidelis colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 83: 241-299. page(s): 289
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Thorunna purpuropedis Rudman & S. Johnson, 1985. Accessed on 2018-12-24.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1998 (November 11) Thorunna purpuropedis Rudman & Johnson, 1985. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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