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Molluscs of Tasmania

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

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