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(Redirected from Onchidella patelloides) Species of gastropod

Onchidella nigricans
Dorsal view of Onchidella nigricans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Systellommatophora
Family: Onchidiidae
Genus: Onchidella
Species: O. nigricans
Binomial name
Onchidella nigricans
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Onchidella irrorata (Gould, 1852)
  • Onchidella obscura (Plate, 1893)
  • Onchidella patelloida (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
  • Onchidium nigricans Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
  • Onchidium patelloide Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
  • Oncidiella obscura Plate, 1893
  • Peronia irrorata Gould, 1852

Onchidella nigricans is a species of small, air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidiidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in New Zealand, as well as on the coast of south-eastern Australia, where it is common.

Feeding

O. nigricans is a general herbivore feeding on algae. It also consumes zooplankton.

Habitat

This species can be found in the intertidal zone on a variety of habitats.

References

  1. BENOÎT DAYRAT (10 April 2009). "Review of the current knowledge of the systematics of Onchidiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) with a checklist of nominal species". Zootaxa. 2068 (1): 1–26. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.2068.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97497716.
  2. "Onchidella nigricans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
  3. B. L. Stringer (March 1969). "The species of New Zealand onchidiidae (mollusca, gastropoda) and their distribution". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 3 (1): 29–45. doi:10.1080/00288330.1969.9515276. ISSN 0028-8330. Wikidata Q114913042.
  4. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  5. ^ Andrea Alfaro (1 June 2009). "Diet of the pulmonate gastropod Onchidella nigricans in the intertidal rocky shore, New Zealand". Animal Biology. 59 (2): 231–240. doi:10.1163/157075609X437736. ISSN 1570-7555. Wikidata Q29542031.

Further reading

Taxon identifiers
Onchidella nigricans


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