Thuridilla hopei | |
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A live individual of Thuridilla hopei, head end towards the bottom | |
Thuridilla hopei about 2 cm in length | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia informal group Opisthobranchia |
Superfamily: | Plakobranchoidea |
Family: | Plakobranchidae |
Genus: | Thuridilla |
Species: | T. hopei |
Binomial name | |
Thuridilla hopei (Verany, 1853) |
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Synonyms | |
Elysia splendida Grube, 1861 |
informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Plakobranchacea
Elysia splendida Grube, 1861
Thuridilla hopei is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Plakobranchidae.
The type locality for this marine species is Nice, France, in the Mediterranean Sea. This species is also found off Spain, Portugal and Greece.