Micromelo undatus (Bruguière, 1792)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Acteonimorpha | |
Superfamily | Acteonoidea | |
Family | Aplustridae | |
Genus | Micromelo | |
Species | Micromelo undatus (Bruguière, 1792) | |
Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 140121). |
- Bulla elegans Menke, 1830
- Bulla nitidula Dillwyn, 1817
- Bulla undata Bruguière, 1792
- Micromelo undata [sic]
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Undatus, from Latin “undatus”, wavy, ripply.
Distribution
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References for the species: Micromelo undatus
- Canarias: Nordsieck (1972), Nordsieck and García-Talavera (1979), Ortea et al. (2001), Moro et al. (2003), Wirtz and Debelius (2003).
Azores: Nordsieck (1972), García-Talavera (1983), Mikkelsen (1995), Malaquias (2001), Wirtz and Debelius (2003).
Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.
Abundance
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More pictures
Bibliography
Further reading
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- Flickr pictures
- Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
- JaxShells
- Medslugs (Atl.SW)
- Medslugs (Atl.W)
- Medslugs (Ind.E)
- Medslugs (Ind.SW)
- Medslugs (Pac.NW)
- Medslugs (Pac.W)
- Natural History Museum Rotterdam
- NCBI GenBank
- Nudibranchs of the Sunshine Coast
- OBIS - Search by Taxon
- Philippine Sea Slugs
- Sea Slug Forum
- Sea Slugs of Hawai'i
- South West Indian Ocean Seaslug site
- World Register of Marine Species
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2012-2019) "Micromelo undatus" in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 20/02/2015, Accessed: 23/02/2019 at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/BmPNu)