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Taxonomy
Family:
OKADAIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> [unassigned] Doridoidei (Superfamily)
> Okadaiidae (Family)
> Vayssierea (Genus)
> cinnabarea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Okadaia Baba, 1930
=Pellibranchus Ralph, 1944
Synonymised Names:
=Okadaia cinnabarea (Ralph, 1944)
=Pellibranchus cinnabareus Ralph, 1944
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Taxonomy
Family:
OKADAIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> [unassigned] Doridoidei (Superfamily)
> Okadaiidae (Family)
> Vayssierea (Genus)
> cinnabarea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Okadaia Baba, 1930
=Pellibranchus Ralph, 1944
Synonymised Names:
=Okadaia cinnabarea (Ralph, 1944)
=Pellibranchus cinnabareus Ralph, 1944
Details: Vayssierea cinnabarea (Ralph, 1944)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 4mm
Distribution:
North Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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.73)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.285)

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