Onchidiopsis spitzbergensis

Onchidiopsis spitzbergensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Velutinidae
Genus: Onchidiopsis
Species: O. spitzbergensis
Binomial name
Onchidiopsis spitzbergensis
Jensen in Thorson, 1944

Onchidiopsis spitzbergensis is a species of small sea snail with a transparent internal shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae. Because the shell is mostly internal, the snail resembles a sea slug in general appearance.[1]

References

  1. Onchidiopsis spitzbergensis Jensen in Thorson, 1944. Gofas, S. (2009). Onchidiopsis spitzbergensis Jensen in Thorson, 1944. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141898 on 14 August 2010.


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