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Taxonomy
Family:
DISCODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Doridoidea (Superfamily)
> Discodorididae (Family)
> Alloiodoris (Genus)
> lanuginata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Doris lanuginata Abraham, 1877
Images: Alloiodoris lanuginata (Abraham, 1877)
Bushy Beach, Oamaru, Otago, NZ. Courtesy of E. O'Connell
Taxonomy
Family:
DISCODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Doridoidea (Superfamily)
> Discodorididae (Family)
> Alloiodoris (Genus)
> lanuginata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Doris lanuginata Abraham, 1877
Details: Alloiodoris lanuginata (Abraham, 1877)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 50mm
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFM
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.66)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.284)

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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