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Mandelia Mandelia mirocornata, anterior end towards the bottom of the image Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade DoridaceaSuperfamily: Phyllidioidea Family: Mandeliidae Genus: Mandelia
Valdés & Gosliner, 1999[1]Mandelia is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Mandeliidae. Both this genus, and its family, are named after the former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela.
Species
Species in the genus Mandelia include:
- Mandelia mirocornata Valdés & Gosliner, 1999[2]
References
- ^ Valdés À. & Gosliner T. M. (1999). "Phylogeny of the radula-less dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia), with the description of a new genus and a new family". Zoologica Scripta 28: 315-360. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.1999.00014.x.
- ^ http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/mm/molluscs/mandelia_mirocornata.htm
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