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Molluscs of Tasmania

Glaucidae: Glaucus bennettae Churchill, Valdés & Ó Foighil, 2014 (‘Bennett’s blue sea-slug’

Synonym(s): bennettae Churchill, Valdés & Ó Foighil, 2014.

Typical body-length 40 mm. Lives afloat on ocean surface. Native. Occurs all around eastern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS and VIC); also elsewhere in the southern Pacific Ocean.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Cladobranchia – Aeolidida
Superfamily: Aeolidioidea
Family: Glaucidae
Genus: Glaucus

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