Onchidiopsis spitzbergensis is a species of small sea snail with a transparent internal shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae. Because the shell is mostly internal, the snail resembles a sea slug in general appearance.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Velutinoidea |
Family: | Velutinidae |
Genus: | Onchidiopsis |
Species: | O. spitzbergensis
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Binomial name | |
Onchidiopsis spitzbergensis Jensen in Thorson, 1944
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Description
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Distribution
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References
edit- ^ Onchidiopsis spitzbergensis Jensen in Thorson, 1944. Gofas, S. (2009). Onchidiopsis spitzbergensis Jensen in Thorson, 1944. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141898 on 14 August 2010 .