OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Opisthobranchia Discodorididae 

Platydoris formosa (Alder and Hancock, 1864)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Platydoris formosa (Alder & Hancock, 1864)

Distribution

  Fiji
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Tanzania: Pwani Province: Zanzibar
  Hawaiian Islands

References

 Brodie G.D & Brodie J.E 1990. p.58 Checklist
 Eliot, C.E. 1903. p.376 [description, distribution]  General reference
 Young, D.K. 1969. p.421 [{Functional morphology of the buccal apparatus of 4 feeding types is discussed }]  Anatomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Heterobranchia
                Unplaced
                  Opisthobranchia
                    Discodorididae Bergh, 1891
                      Platydoris Bergh, 1877
                        Platydoris (Described) species
                          Platydoris (Described) formosa (Alder and Hancock, 1864)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=40768) created by Opistobranch Import on 2001-03-28. Record last updated by Julia Fabrega on 2002-09-03.