Tritonia exsulans
Tritonia exsulans is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Tritoniidae |
| Genus: | Tritonia |
| Species: | T. exsulans |
| Binomial name | |
| Tritonia exsulans | |
Distribution
This species is found in the NE Pacific in shallow water, to 100 m depth. It has been frequently confused with Tritonia tetraquetra and Tritonia diomedea.[3]
References
- Bergh R. 1894. "Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in the charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried out by the U. S. Fish Commission Streamer "Albatross,"". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25: 125-233, pls. 1-12.
- MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Tritonia exsulans Bergh, 1894. Accessed on 2021-01-16.
- Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020). Consolidated data on the phylogeny and evolution of the family Tritoniidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) contribute to genera reassessment and clarify the taxonomic status of the neuroscience models Tritonia and Tochuina. PLOS ONE. 15(11): e0242103.
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