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Onchidoris neapolitana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Onchidorididae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Onchidoridoidea

Genus
  
Onchidoris

Similar
  
Phyllidia flava, Marionia blainvillea, Rostanga rubra, Felimare fontandraui, Felimare villafranca

Onchidoris neapolitana is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.

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Distribution

This species was described from Naples, Italy. It has also been reported from Numana, Ancona, Italy and the Mediterranean Sea coast of Spain.

Diet

Onchidoris neapolitana feeds on the bryozoan Schizobrachiella sanguinea.

References

Onchidoris neapolitana Wikipedia