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Loy (gastropod)

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Loy
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Corambidae
Genus: Loy
Martynov, 1994[1]
Type species
Loy meyeni Martynov, 1994
Synonyms[2]
  • Proloy Martynov, 1994
  • Psammodoris Martynov, 1994

Loy is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Corambidae within the superfamily Onchidoridoidea.[3][2]

Species

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Species within the genus Loy include:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Martynov A. V. (1994) "Materials for the revision of nudibranchiate molluscs of the family Corambidae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) Taxonomy. Communication 1." Zoologichesky Zhurnal 73(10): 3-14.
  2. ^ a b WoRMS : Loy; accessed : 23 October 2010
  3. ^ a b Behrens, D.W.; Alicia Hermosillo (2005). Eastern Pacific nudibranch, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. Monterey, California: Sea Challengers. pp. 137 pp.
  4. ^ Valdés A. & Bouchet P. (1998) A blind abyssal Corambidae (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) from the Norwegian Sea, with a reevaluation of the systematics of the family. Sarsia 83:15-20.
  5. ^ Behrens, D.W.; Alicia Hermosillo (2005). Eastern Pacific nudibranch, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. Monterey, California: Sea Challengers. pp. 137 pp.
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