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Tularia

Tularia is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Apataidae.

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Tularia
Tularia bractea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Apataidae
Genus: Tularia
Burn, 19661

Tularia is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Apataidae.2

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Species

There is only one species within the genus Tularia:

Distribution

This species was described from Australia. It is known only from temperate waters in the south of Australia and New Zealand.3

References

References

  1. Burn, R. 1962. Descriptions of Victorian nudibranchiate Mollusca, with a comprehensive review of the Eolidacea. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 25: 95-128.
  2. Korshunova T.; Fletcher K.; Martynov A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Volume 204, Issue 4, August 2025.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2007 (September 10) Tularia bractea (Burn, 1962). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.