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Molluscs of Tasmania

Juliidae – Bertheliniinae: Berthelinia babai (Burn, 1965) (‘Baba’s sea-slug’)

Synonym(s): babai Burn, 1965.

Typical body-length 10 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally amongst seaweed, specifically several species of Caulerpa, on which it feeds. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Sacoglossa – Oxynoacea
Superfamily: Oxynooidea
Family: Juliidae
Subfamily: Bertheliniinae
Genus: Berthelinia

Localities for Berthelinia babai
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