Knoutsodonta oblonga

Short description: Species of gastropod

Knoutsodonta oblonga

The nudibranch Knoutsodonta oblonga, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  |

Animalia

Phylum:  |

Mollusca

Class:  |

Gastropoda

(unranked):  |

clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Superfamily:  |

Onchidoridoidea

Family:  |

Onchidorididae

Genus:  |

Knoutsodonta

Species:  |

K. oblonga

Binomial name
Knoutsodonta oblonga

(Alder & Hancock, 1845)[1]

Synonyms[2][3]

* Doris oblonga Alder & Hancock, 1845
* Onchidoris oblonga (Alder & Hancock, 1845)

Knoutsodonta oblonga is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]

## Distribution

This species was described from Berry Head, Torbay, Devon, England . It is currently known from Norway south to the Atlantic south coast of England .[4]

## References

1. ↑ Alder, J., & A. Hancock (1845) Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Annals & Magazine of Natural History 16(106):311-316, page 314.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Knoutsodonta oblonga (Alder & Hancock, 1845). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-15.
3. ↑ Hallas J.M. & Gosliner T.M. (2015). Family matters: The first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae Gray, 1827 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 88: 16-27, page(s): 25
4. ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Onchidoris oblonga (Alder & Hancock, 1845). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-1-15.

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