Dolabella (gastropod)
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| Dolabella auricularia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Aplysiomorpha P. Fischer, 1883 |
| Superfamily: | Aplysioidea |
| Family: | Aplysiidae |
| Genus: | Dolabella Lamarck, 1801 |
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Dolabella is a genus of sea slugs or sea hares, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.
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[edit] 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]
[edit] 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
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[edit] External links
- SEM images of its radula can be found at Thompson; Bebbington (1973). Malacologia 14: 147–165..
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