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Tethydidae: Melibe australis Angas, 1864 (‘austral sea-slug’)
Synonym(s): australis Angas, 1864.
Typical body-length 25 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally amongst seaweed. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA).
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Cladobranchia – Dendronotida
Superfamily: Tritonioidea
Family: Tethydidae
Genus: Melibe
Localities for Melibe australis
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