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Onchidoris pusilla

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Onchidoridoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Onchidorididae

Genus
  
Onchidoris

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Onchidoris pusilla 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 Torbay, Devon, England. It is currently known from the European coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean from Norway, south to the Atlantic coast of Spain.

Diet

Onchidoris pusilla feeds on the bryozoans Escharella immersa, Microporella ciliata, Escharoides coccineus and Porella concinna.

References

Onchidoris pusilla Wikipedia