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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMAPONTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Sacoglossa (Superorder)
> Plakobranchoidea (Superfamily)
> Limapontiidae (Family)
> Placida (Genus)
> dendritica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laura Trinchese, 1873
Synonymised Names:
=Calliopaea dendritica Alder & Hancock, 1843
=Hermaea brevicornis A. Costa 1867
=Hermaea capensis Macnae, 1954
=Hermaea dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
=Hermaea lutescens A. Costa, 1866
=Hermaea orbicularis A. Costa, 1866
=Hermaea ornata MacFarland, 1966
=Hermaea venosa Lovén, 1844
Images: Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMAPONTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Sacoglossa (Superorder)
> Plakobranchoidea (Superfamily)
> Limapontiidae (Family)
> Placida (Genus)
> dendritica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laura Trinchese, 1873
Synonymised Names:
=Calliopaea dendritica Alder & Hancock, 1843
=Hermaea brevicornis A. Costa 1867
=Hermaea capensis Macnae, 1954
=Hermaea dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
=Hermaea lutescens A. Costa, 1866
=Hermaea orbicularis A. Costa, 1866
=Hermaea ornata MacFarland, 1966
=Hermaea venosa Lovén, 1844
Details: Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 3.5mm
Distribution:
Throughout New Zealand
Notes:
Marine, Shell absent
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.62)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.283)

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