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Petalifera
Sign in to savePetalifera is a genus of sea slugs or sea hares, marine gastropod mollusks belonging to the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderAplysiida
- FamilyAplysiidae
Habitatmarine
Observations182
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 45
- With media
- 19
- Family
- Aplysiidae
- Collections
- CAS, USNM, NMV
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Papua New Guinea, United States, Japan, French Polynesia, Seychelles, Palau, Madagascar
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Petalifera is a genus of sea slugs or sea hares, marine gastropod mollusks belonging to the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.
Some authors place this genus in a separate family Dolabriferidae. A new study, published in September 2004, has shown that the genus Petalifera is paraphyletic.
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