species: Tubulophilinopsis pilsbryi in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Tubulophilinopsis pilsbryi


©Brogan Mancell: Tubulophilinopsis pilsbryi at Clam Garden, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Tubulophilinopsis pilsbryi about 3 cm long at Lizard Island

©Ingo Burghardt: Tubulophilinopsis pilsbryi from Lizard Island (lab photo)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Cephalaspidea
Family Aglajidae
Genus Tubulophilinopsis
Species Tubulophilinopsis pilsbryi

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

         

Distinguishing features

Distinctive white/yellowish and black circular markings. Rounded "tails" are short and approximately equal in length.

Size

  • Up to 4 cm (Human and Deloach, 2010)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Humann, P. and N. Deloach (2010). Reef Creature Identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

Other references

  • Anthes, N. (2006). Mating conflicts and their evolution in simultaneously hermaphroditic sea slugs, Ph.D. thesis, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Germany. LIRS catalog number 976.
  • Anthes, N. and N.K. Michiels (2007). Reproductive morphology, mating behaviour, and spawning ecology of cephalaspid sea slugs (Aglajdae and Gastropteridae), Invertebrate Biology, 126: 335-365. LIRS catalog number 1117.
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