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Taxonomy
Family:
APLYSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Aplysiida (Order)
> Aplysioidea (Superfamily)
> Aplysiidae (Family)
> Dolabrifera (Genus)
> brazieri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Dolabrifera jacksoniensis Pilsbry, 1896
Images: Dolabrifera brazieri G.B. Sowerby II, 1870
Under a rock in a shallow pool, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 120-140mm. © rights reserved
In shallow rock pool at low tide, Northland. ~120mm. © rights reserved
In rock pools at low tide, Far North, NZ. 80-100 mm (animal). © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
APLYSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Aplysiida (Order)
> Aplysioidea (Superfamily)
> Aplysiidae (Family)
> Dolabrifera (Genus)
> brazieri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Dolabrifera jacksoniensis Pilsbry, 1896
Details: Dolabrifera brazieri G.B. Sowerby II, 1870
Size/Grows to:
Length 16mm, Width 7mm. Animal 100mm
Distribution:
South eastern Australia. Kermadec Islands, North east North Island to Leigh, from 11m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Intertidal
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50 (p.61)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.231)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.281)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1967 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 6, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(3) (p.195)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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