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Taxonomy
Family:
DORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Doridoidea (Superfamily)
> Dorididae (Family)
> Doris (Genus)
> violacea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anoplodoris P. Fischer, 1883
=Archidoris Bergh, 1878
=Austrodoris Odhner, 1926
=Doridigitata d'Orbigny, 1839
=Doriorbis Kay & Young, 1969
=Guyonia Risbec, 1928
=Neodoris Baba, 1938
=Praegliscita Burn, 1957
=Siraius Er. Marcus, 1955
=Staurodoris Bergh, 1878 Bergh, 1878
Synonymised Names:
=Archidoris africana Eliot, 1904
=Archidoris violacea Bergh, 1904
Images: Doris violacea (Bergh, 1904)
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Taxonomy
Family:
DORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Doridoidea (Superfamily)
> Dorididae (Family)
> Doris (Genus)
> violacea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anoplodoris P. Fischer, 1883
=Archidoris Bergh, 1878
=Austrodoris Odhner, 1926
=Doridigitata d'Orbigny, 1839
=Doriorbis Kay & Young, 1969
=Guyonia Risbec, 1928
=Neodoris Baba, 1938
=Praegliscita Burn, 1957
=Siraius Er. Marcus, 1955
=Staurodoris Bergh, 1878 Bergh, 1878
Synonymised Names:
=Archidoris africana Eliot, 1904
=Archidoris violacea Bergh, 1904
Details: Doris violacea (Bergh, 1904)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 150mm
Distribution:
South Island. Between Otago Peninsula and Oamaru, 55-75 metres
Geographical Range:
F
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.284)

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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