Dirona picta | |
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Dirona picta from Pillar Point, California | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Family: | Dironidae |
Genus: | Dirona |
Species: | D. picta |
Binomial name | |
D. picta Volodchenko, 1941 |
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
Dirona picta, common name colorful dirona, is a species of sea slug, an Eastern Pacific Ocean nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Dironidae.
This marine species occurs from Northern Oregon, USA to Baja California Sur, Mexico. Also reported from Japan.