Ercolania felina

Ercolania felina is a minute black species of sacoglossan or sap-sucking sea slug. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Limapontiidae.[1]

Ercolania felina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily:
Limapontioidea
Family:
Limapontiidae
Genus:
Ercolania
Species:
E. felina
Binomial name
Ercolania felina
(Hutton, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Calliopaea felina Hutton, 1882
  • Stiliger felinus Hutton, 1882

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References
  1. WoRMS (2012). Ercolania felina. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494665 on 2012-09-26
  • Hutton, F.W. (1882). Additions to the molluscan fauna of New Zealand. The New Zealand Journal of Science 1 (2): 69.
  • Jensen K.R. (2007) Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55:255–281.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

Further reading
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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