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Molluscs of Tasmania

Pleurobranchidae – Pleurobranchinae: Berthella medietas Burn, 1962 (‘mid-point sea-slug’)

Synonym(s): medietas Burn, 1962.

Typical body-length 35 mm. Lives intertidally to offshore amongst sponges. Native. Occurs in southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA); also New Zealand.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Pleurobranchomorpha
Superfamily: Pleurobranchoidea
Family: Pleurobranchidae
Genus: Berthellina

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