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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)
> Ercolania (Genus)
> boodleae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Stiliger (Ercolania) Trinchese, 1872
Synonymised Names:
=Ercolania emarginata K.R. Jensen, 1985
=Stiliger boodleae Baba, 1938
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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)
> Ercolania (Genus)
> boodleae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Stiliger (Ercolania) Trinchese, 1872
Synonymised Names:
=Ercolania emarginata K.R. Jensen, 1985
=Stiliger boodleae Baba, 1938
Details: Ercolania boodleae (Baba, 1938)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 15mm
Distribution:
Originally north-western Pacific, from Russia to Hong Kong, and Japan. Recently spread, and now established in the Gulf of California and southern Australia. Now also recorded from northern NZ
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Jensen, K.R. 2007 Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia), Bonner Zoologische Beiträge, 55 (p.266)

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