Dirona albolineata
| Dirona albolineata | |
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| Dirona albolineata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Family: | Dironidae |
| Genus: | Dirona |
| Species: | D. albolineata |
| Binomial name | |
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D. albolineata MacFarland in Cockerell & Eliot, 1905 |
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clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
Dirona albolineata is a species of sea slug, an Eastern Pacific Ocean nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Dironidae.
This species feeds on bryozoans.
This species, like others in the genus, is translucent with large, broad cerata. The color varies from white through rose pink to a rufus shade. They are carnivores that feed mostly on small crustaceans and snails, and can grow to be 180 mm (7 inches) in length.
This species occurs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska to San Diego, California.
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