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Bornella irvingi

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Species of gastropod

Bornella irvingi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
Order: Nudibranchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida
Superfamily: Tritonioidea
Family: Bornellidae
Genus: Bornella
Species: P. irvingi
Binomial name
Bornella irvingi
Edmunds & Preece, 1996

Bornella irvingi is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Bornellidae.

Distribution

This species was described from the Pitcairn Islands, Pacific Ocean.

Description

Bornella irvingi has a smooth white body, , white gills and lateral appendages. The velar tentacles, rhinophore clubs and rhinophore sheath processes are orange, with white bases. There is a dark brown area on the head separating these processes from the rest of the body.

References

  1. Edmunds, M. & Preece, R. (1996) "A collection of opisthobranch mollusks from the Pitcairn Islands." Journal of Conchology, 35, 407–420.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Bornella irvingi Edmunds & Preece, 1996. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-02-21.
Taxon identifiers
Bornella irvingi
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