Onchidium reevesii

Onchidium reevesii is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae.

Onchidium reevesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Systellommatophora
Superfamily:
Onchidioidea
Family:
Onchidiidae
Genus:
Onchidium
Species:
O. reevesii
Binomial name
Onchidium reevesii
(J. E. Gray, 1850)
Synonyms[1]

Onchidella reevesii J. E. Gray, 1850
Onchidium struma (nomen nudum)
Paraoncidium reevesii (Gray, 1850)

Description

The Onchidium reevesii can be found living in a demersal environment in subtropical marine areas near Hong Kong and China. Like other Onchidiidae, it is harmless to humans.[2]

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2017). Onchidium reevesii (Gray, 1850). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=956738 on 2017-11-01
  2. "Paraoncidium reevesii".
  • Dayrat B. (2009). "Review of the current knowledge of the systematics of Onchidiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) with a checklist of nominal species". Zootaxa. 2068: 1–26., preview.

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