Onchidoris

<i>Onchidoris</i>

Onchidoris

Genus of gastropods

Onchidoris is a genus of dorid nudibranchs in the family Onchidorididae.[2][3][4][5] One of its members is known to prey on barnacles and the others eat bryozoans.[6] The radula contains a rachidian tooth when fully developed, but this is vestigial in some species.[6]

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Species

Species within the genus Onchidoris include:[2]

Species brought into synonymy

Taxonomy

Many authors prefer Onchidorus Blainville, 1816 as the valid name for the genus, changed to Onchidoris (Winckworth, 1932; Bouchet & Tardy, 1976; Thompson & Brown, 1976; Cattaneo & Barletta, 1984). According to Pruvot-Fol (1954) however this latter is a nomen nudum, while the elder synonym Villiersia is a nomen oblitum (see also Abbott, 1974). This is why Odhner (1907), Pruvot-Fol (1954), Swennen (1961) and Abbott (1974) are followed in the use of Lamellidoris Alder & Hancock, 1855.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Blainville H.M.D. de (1816). Quatrième mémoire sur les mollusques, de l'ordre des Cyclobranches. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris, 1816: 93-97.
  2. [2]
    Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Onchidoris. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-10.
  3. [3]
    Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp
  4. [4]
    Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  5. [5]
    Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  6. [6]
    Thompson, T.E. and Brown, G.H., 1984. Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs, Volume II. The Ray Society. 229 pages 41 plates, 40 figures, p. 125.
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