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Bursatella

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Bursatella
Bursatella leachii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Clade: Anaspidea
Superfamily: Aplysioidea
Family: Aplysiidae
Genus: Bursatella
Blainville, 1817[1]
Type species
Bursatella leachii
Blainville, 1817
Species

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Synonyms
  • Aclesia Rang, 1828
  • Barnardaclesia Eales & Engel, 1935
  • Notarchus (Bursatella) Blainville, 1817
  • Ramosaclesia Iredale, 1929 ·

Bursatella is a genus of sea slugs or sea hares, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.[2]

Species

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Species within the genus Bursatella include:

Synonyms
  • Bursatella lacinulata A. Gould, 1852: synonym of Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Bursatella leachi: synonym of Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 (misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Bursatella savigniana Audouin, 1826: synonym of Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817

References

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  1. ^ Blainville H.M.D. de (1817). Bursatella, p. 138 in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 5, supplément. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Bursatella Blainville, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2021-01-27.
  • Eales, N.; Engel, H. (1935). "The genus Bursatella De Blainville". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 21: 282.
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