Thorunna perplexa
Species of gastropod
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::summary Species of gastropod ::
| image = | image_caption = | genus = Thorunna | species = perplexa | authority = (Burn, 1957) | synonyms = {{species list |Glossodoris perplexa|Burn, 1957 (basionym) |Digidentis perplexa|(Burn, 1957)
Thorunna perplexa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Distribution
This species is reported from south-eastern Australia and Tasmania.
References
References
- Burn, R. F. (1957). "On some Opisthobranchia from Victoria". ''Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia''. 1-1: 11-29, pls. 1-3.
- MolluscaBase (2018). [http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597953 ''Thorunna perplexa'' (Burn, 1957).] Accessed on 24 December 2018.
- Rudman, W. B.(1 June 1999). [http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/digiperp ''Digidentis perplexa'' (Burn, 1957).] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- Rudman W. B. (1984). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society''. '''81''' (2/3): 115-273. page: 165.
- Rudman W. B. (1985). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: ''Chromodoris aureomarginata'', ''C. verrieri'' and ''C. fidelis'' colour groups". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society''. '''83''': 241-299. page: 256.
- Rudman, W. B. (1986). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: ''Noumea purpurea'' and ''Chromodoris decora'' colour groups". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society''. '''86''' (4): 309-353. page: 340.
- Rudman W. B. (1987). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: ''Chromodoris epicuria'', ''C. aureopurpurea'', ''C. annulata'', ''C. coi'' and ''Risbecia tryoni'' colour groups". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society''. '''90''': 305-407.
- Rudman W. B. (1990). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of ''Glossodoris'', ''Thorunna'' and the ''Chromodoris aureomarginata'' colour group". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society''. '''100''': 263-326 page: 264.
- Burn R. (2006). "A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia". ''Museum Victoria Science Reports''. '''10''' :1–42.
- Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R. H. (2007). ''Nudibranchs of the World''. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. {{ISBN. 978-3-939767-06-0 page: 206
- Johnson R. F. & Gosliner T. M. (2012). [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033479 "Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs"]. ''PLoS ONE''. '''7''' (4): e33479.
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