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Taxonomy
Family:
AEOLIDIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Aeolidioidea (Superfamily)
> Aeolidiidae (Family)
> Aeolidiella (Genus)
> drusilla (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aeolidina Pruvot-Fol, 1951
=Eolidina Quatrefages, 1843
Synonymised Names:
=Aeolidiella faustina Powell not Bergh
Images: Aeolidiella drusilla Bergh, 1900
Bushy Beach, Oamaru, Otago, NZ. approx. 25mm. Courtesy of E. O'Connell
Taxonomy
Family:
AEOLIDIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Aeolidioidea (Superfamily)
> Aeolidiidae (Family)
> Aeolidiella (Genus)
> drusilla (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aeolidina Pruvot-Fol, 1951
=Eolidina Quatrefages, 1843
Synonymised Names:
=Aeolidiella faustina Powell not Bergh
Details: Aeolidiella drusilla Bergh, 1900
Size/Grows to:
Animal 50mm
Distribution:
South-eastern Australia. North, South to Otago, Chatham Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Low tidal
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.77)
  • Miller, M.C. 2001 Aeolid nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the family Aeolidiidae from New Zealand, Journal of Natural History, 35 (p.647)
  • Miller, M.C. 1987 Aeolidia helicochorda, a new aeolid nudibranch (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 14(3) (p.391)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.289)

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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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