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Molluscs of Tasmania

Dorididae: Doris wellingtonensis Abraham, 1877 (‘Wellington sea-lemon’)

Synonym(s): wellingtonensis Abraham, 1877.

Typical body-length 150 mm. Lives intertidally to offshore on sponges, on which it feeds. Native. Occurs in southeastern Australia (TAS and VIC); also New Zealand.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Euctenidiacea – Doridacea
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doris

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