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Molluscs of Tasmania

Dendrodorididae: Dendrodoris albopurpura Burn, 1957 (‘pale-purple sea-slug’)

Synonym(s): albopurpura Burn, 1957.
Typical body-length 75 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally on sponges, on which it feeds. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Euctenidiacea – Doridacea
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Dendrodorididae
Genus: Dendrodoris

Localities for Dendrodoris albopurpura
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