Petalifera punctulata

Petalifera punctulata

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Aplysiida
Family: Aplysiidae

Petalifera is a genus of sea slugs or sea hares, marine gastropod mollusks belonging to the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares. Some authors place this genus in a separate family Dolabriferidae. A new study, published in September 2004, has shown that the genus Petalifera is paraphyletic.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1

Sources and credits

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Petalifera punctulata

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