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Onchidella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Onchidiidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Onchidioidea

Scientific name
  
Onchidella

Higher classification
  
Onchidiidae


Lower classifications
  
Onchidella celtica, Onchidella nigricans, Onchidella flavescens, Onchidella campbelli

Onchidella is a genus of small, air-breathing sea slugs, shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Onchidiidae.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Onchidella :

Synonymized species 
  • Onchidella capensis - South Africa  : synonym of Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893)
  • Onchidella chilensis (HuppĂ© in Gay, 1854) accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOnchidella marginata (Couthouy in Gould, 1852)
  • Onchidella condoriana Rochebrune, 1882 : synonym of Oncis stuxbergi (Westerlund, 1883)
  • Onchidella griseofusca Tapparone-Canefri, 1874 accepted as Onchidium griseofuscum (Tapparone-Canefri, 1874)
  • Onchidella griseo-fusca Tapparone Canefri, 1874 accepted as Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorOnchidium griseofuscum (Tapparone Canefri, 1874)
  • Onchidella hardwickii Gray, 1850 accepted as Onchidium hardwickii (Gray, 1850)
  • Onchidella hildae (Hoffmann, 1928): synonym of Onchidella binneyi Stearns, 1894
  • Onchidella irrorata (Gould, 1852) accepted as Onchidella nigricans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
  • Onchidella juanfernandeziana (Wissel, 1898) accepted as Onchidella marginata (Couthouy in Gould, 1852)
  • Onchidella nigra Gray, 1850 accepted as Scaphis atra (Lesson, 1830)
  • Onchidella obscura (Plate, 1893) accepted as Onchidella nigricans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
  • Onchidella patelloida (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) accepted as Onchidella nigricans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
  • Onchidella patelloides (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) : synonym of Onchidella nigricans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
  • Onchidella pulchella Watson, 1925 accepted as Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893)
  • Onchidella reevesii Reeve in J.E. Gray, 1850 accepted as Paraoncidium reevesii (Reeve in J.E. Gray, 1850)
  • Onchidella remanei Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1956 accepted as Onchidella celtica (Cuvier, 1817)

    • References

    Onchidella Wikipedia
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