- Dolabella (gastropod)
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Dolabella 
Dolabella auricularia Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Aplysiomorpha
P. Fischer, 1883Superfamily: Aplysioidea Family: Aplysiidae Genus: Dolabella
Lamarck, 1801Species - † Dolabella aldrichi
- Dolabella auricularia
- Dolabella gigas
Dolabella is a genus of sea slugs or sea hares, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.
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Description
In the sea hares of the genus Dolabella the back end of the body has turned into a slanted disc-like shield, with a large, calcified shell buried inside. The color is variable, with specks of green and brown.
There are fossil records of † Dolabella aldrichi from the Early Miocene, found in the Chipola Formation in Florida [1]
Species
Species within the genus Dolabella include:
- † Dolabella aldrichi
- Dolabella auricularia Lightfoot, 1786 or Wedge Sea Hare
- Dolabella gigas Rang, 1828
- Distribution : Indian Ocean.
- Description : The internal shell has a saucer-shaped extension; armed penis
References
External links
- SEM images of its radula can be found at Thompson; Bebbington (1973). Malacologia 14: 147–165..
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