Mandelia

Mandelia
Mandelia mirocornata, anterior end towards the bottom of the image
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Mandeliidae
Genus: Mandelia
Valdés & Gosliner, 1999[1]

Mandelia is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Mandeliidae. Both this genus, and its family, are named after the former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela.

Species

Species in the genus Mandelia include:

References

  1. ^ Valdés À. & Gosliner T. M. (1999). "Phylogeny of the radula-less dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia), with the description of a new genus and a new family". Zoologica Scripta 28: 315-360. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.1999.00014.x.
  2. ^ http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/mm/molluscs/mandelia_mirocornata.htm