Onchidiidae: Onchidella nigricans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) (‘limpet-like sea-slug’)
Synonym(s): nigricans Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 patelloides Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 reticulata Semper, 1882.
Typical shell-length 25 mm. Lives intertidally on rocks. Native. Occurs in southeastern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC and SA); also New Zealand.
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata – Eupulmonata – Systellommatophora
Superfamily: Onchidioidea
Family: Onchidiidae
Genus: Onchidella
Localities for Onchidella nigricans
Bicheno: Diamond Island
Boat Harbour: beach
Bridport: beach
Bridport (unlocalised)
Cape Portland: Home Beach
Cape Portland (unlocalised)
Coles Bay (unlocalised)
Devonport: Coles Beach
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay: Pine Scrub
Franklin Sound area
Goose Island
Greens Beach: main beach
Lime Bay
Louisville: Alginate Bay
Low Head: Lagoon Beach
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
North Bruny Island: Barnes Bay
North Bruny Island: Cape Queen Elizabeth
Penguin (unlocalised)
Penguin: Watcombe Beach
Port Latta: Cowrie Point
Rocky Cape: Mary Anne Cove area
Schouten Island: Crocketts Bay
Smithton: Duck Bay
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Tamar River: Beauty Point: Inspection Head area
Tamar River: Bell Bay: Deceitful Cove
Tamar River: Bell Bay: Donovans Bay
Tamar River: Bell Bay: power-station jetty
Tamar River: Bell Bay: Sawyers Point
Tamar River: Clarence Point: foreshore
Tamar River: George Town: She Oak Point area
Tamar River: Ilfraville: Sandy Beach
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Tamar River: Long Reach
Tamar River: Middle Arm
Tamar River: Rowella: West Bay
Taroona Beach
West Devonport: Berth 3
