Pseudunela espiritusanta

Pseudunela espiritusanta is a species of sea slug, an acochlidian, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudunelidae.

Pseudunela espiritusanta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Acochlidiacea
clade Hedylopsacea[1]
Family:
Pseudunelidae
Genus:
Pseudunela
Species:
P. espiritusanta
Binomial name
Pseudunela espiritusanta
Neusser & Schrödl, 2009[2]

Its specific name is a reference to Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu, where it was found.[2]

This species, from Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu, lives in brackish water. The other two species in the genus Pseudunela are fully marine.[2]

References
  1. Schrödl M. & Neusser T. P. (2010). "Towards a phylogeny and evolution of Acochlidia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 124-154. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00544.x.
  2. Neusser T. P. & Schrödl M. (18 August 2009) "Between Vanuatu tides: 3D anatomical reconstruction of a new brackish water acochlidian gastropod from Espiritu Santo. Zoosystema 31(3): 453-469. PDF Archived 12 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine


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