Verconia verconiforma

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Verconia verconiforma is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1][2]

Verconia verconiforma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Verconia
Species:
V. verconiforma
Binomial name
Verconia verconiforma
Rudman, 1995
Synonyms

Noumea verconiforma Rudman, 1995

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  1. ^ Bieler, R. (2015). Verconia verconiforma (Rudman, 1995). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866668 on 2016-01-13
  2. ^ Rudman W.B. (1995) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species from New Caledonia and the Noumea romeri colour group. Molluscan Research 16: 1-43. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559972 on 2012-02-25
  • Coleman, N. 2008. Nudibranchs Encyclopedia. Queensland : Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic 416 pp.
  • Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp.