Dolabella (gastropod)

Dolabella is a genus of sea slugs or sea hares, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.

Dolabella
Dolabella auricularia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Clade: Anaspidea
Superfamily: Aplysioidea
Family: Aplysiidae
Genus: Dolabella
Lamarck, 1801
Type species
Dolabella callosa Lamarck, 1801
Species
Synonyms
  • Dollabella Gistl, 1848 (Missp.)

Description

In the sea hares of the genus Dolabella the back end of the body has turned into a slanted disc-like shield, with a large, calcified shell buried inside. The color is variable, with specks of green and brown.

There are fossil records of † Dolabella aldrichi from the Early Miocene, found in the Chipola Formation in Florida [1]

Species

Species within the genus Dolabella include:

  • Dolabella aldrichi
  • Dolabella auricularia Lightfoot, 1786 or Wedge Sea Hare
  • Dolabella gigas Rang, 1828
    • Distribution : Indian Ocean.
    • Description : The internal shell has a saucer-shaped extension; armed penis
Species brought into synonymy

References

  • SEM images of the radula can be found at Thompson, T.E.; Bebbington, A. (1973). "Scanning electron microscope studies of gastropod radulae". Malacologia. 14: 147–165.
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