Onchidella obscura
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Onchidella obscura Plate, 1893 |
Onchidella obscura is a species of small, air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidiidae.
For more information on this unusual family of air-breathing sea slugs, see Onchidiidae.
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[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to Cook Strait, including D'Urville Island, in New Zealand.
[edit] Habitat
This sea slug is found in the mid intertidal zone.
[edit] Description
This species, along with all others in the family, does not have a shell, and has the general appearance of a limpet. Its dorsal surface is smooth.
The external coloration is black with small white dots.
The length is up to 15 mm, and width up to 11 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1