Verconia alboannulata

Verconia alboannulata is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1][2]

Verconia alboannulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Verconia
Species:
V. alboannulata
Binomial name
Verconia alboannulata
Synonyms
  • Noumea alboannulata Rudman, 1986

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and off Australia (Queensland).

References

  1. Bieler, R. (1970). Verconia alboannulata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866649 on 2016-01-13
  2. Rudman, W.B. (1986). The Chromodorididae (Ophistobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Noumea purpurea and Chromodoris decora colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 86 (4): 309-353. page(s): 333 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220383 on 2012-02-25



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