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Peronia peronii

Peronia peronii, also called Scaphis punctata, is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae.

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Peronia peronii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Systellommatophora
Family: Onchidiidae
Genus: Peronia
Species:
P. peronii
Binomial name
Peronia peronii
(Cuvier, 1804)
Synonyms1

Peronia peronii, also called Scaphis punctata, is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae.1

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and Mozambique.

References

References

  1. Peronia peronii (Cuvier, 1804). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2010.
  • 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