Noumea nivalis

Noumea nivalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Noumea
Species: N. nivalis
Binomial name
Noumea nivalis
Baba, 1937

Noumea nivalis is a species of a dorid nudibranch (a colourful sea slug). It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]

References

  1. Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 142 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558467 on 2012-02-25