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Molluscs of Tasmania

Madrellidae: Madrella BURN sp 01 (‘BURN sp 01 madrella sea-slug’)

Synonym(s):

BURN sp 01

Typical body-length 10 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally on bryozoans, especially Mucroetraliella ellersi and Orthoscuticella ventricosa, on which it feeds. Native. Occurs in southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Cladobranchia – unplaced
Superfamily: Cladobranchia – – unplaced
Family: Madrellidae
Genus: Madrella

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