Poole, Karen E.
Duvaucelia
Sign in to saveDuvaucelia is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tritoniidae. It was synonymised with Tritonia until 2020 when a revision of the family Tritoniidae brought it back into use. A 2023 analysis later established it as a synonym of Candiella.
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whip fan nudibranch
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNudibranchia
- FamilyTritoniidae
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Duvaucelia is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tritoniidae. It was synonymised with Tritonia until 2020 when a revision of the family Tritoniidae brought it back into use. A 2023 analysis later established it as a synonym of Candiella.
==Species== Species within the genus Duvaucelia include: Duvaucelia lineata (Alder & Hancock, 1848) Duvaucelia manicata (Deshayes, 1853) Duvaucelia odhneri J. Tardy, 1963 (=Tritonia nilsodhneri Ev. Marcus, 1983 Duvaucelia plebeia (G. Johnston, 1828) Duvaucelia striata (Haefelfinger, 1963) Duvaucelia taliartensis (Ortea & Moro, 2009)
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