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Thalassopterus zancleus Kwietniewski 1910

Thalassopterus zancleus

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Thalassopterus zancleus is a species of swimming sea slug, a shell-less pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Clionidae.[2]

Thalassopterus zancleus is the only species in the monotypic genus Thalassopterus. It is known only from juveniles stages.[3] Adults have not yet been found.

References

  1. ^ a b (in German) Kwietniewski C. (1910). "Ueber die Larven eines unbekannten Gymnosomes Pteropoden (Thalassopterus zancleus)". Zoologischer Anzeiger 36(14–15): 257-271, 9 figs. page 270.
  2. ^ Gofas, S. (2009). Thalassopterus zancleus Kwietniewski, 1910. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139183 on 2010-09-16
  3. ^ "Thalassopterus zancleus". Marine Species Identification Portal, accessed 16 September 2010.
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Thalassopterus zancleus: Brief Summary

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Thalassopterus zancleus is a species of swimming sea slug, a shell-less pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Clionidae.

Thalassopterus zancleus is the only species in the monotypic genus Thalassopterus. It is known only from juveniles stages. Adults have not yet been found.

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