OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Opisthobranchia Aplysiidae 

Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Patella auricularia Lightfoot, 1786
   Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
   Dolabella callosa Lamarck, 1801
   Dolabella scapula Pilsbry, 1896
   Dolabella agassizi MacFarland, 1918

Distribution

also Indian Ocean, Southern Pacific, common on the Pacific coasts of Japan from Boshu southwards and west coast of America

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan: Ryukyu Islands (Loo-Chu Islands, Nansi-Shoto)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands): Hawaiian Islands: Hawaii
  Fiji
  Philippines
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.35 

Keywords

feeds on: sea grass and algae [also small animals (formainifers, sponges, warms, ...)]

References

 Baba, K. 1949. p.128 Pl. VI, fig. 20, text figs. 15-16 [description, distribution, key]  General reference
 Bebbington, A. 1974. p.73 figs 8 and 7D, E [description, distribution]  General reference
 Brodie G.D & Brodie J.E 1990. p.56 Checklist
 Fretter V. & Ko Bun Hian 1984. p.193 [reproductive system]  Anatomy
 Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.59 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Heterobranchia
                Unplaced
                  Opisthobranchia
                    Aplysiidae Lamarck, 1809
                      Dolabella Lamarck, 1801
                        Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=40530) created by Opistobranch Import on 2001-03-28. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-11-05.