Onchidella borealis or Leather Limpet | |
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Onchidella borealis is eating a purple sponge | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Systellommatophora |
Family: | Onchidiidae |
Genus: | Onchidella |
Species: | O. borealis
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Binomial name | |
Onchidella borealis
Dall, 1872
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Onchidella borealis is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae. [1]
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A small sea slug about 1/2-inch long varying in colors from orange to a dark brown. The most identifying feature is the wavy sides of the sea slug.
Mostly found on low tides, Onchidella borealis is a fairly hard organism to find.
Onchidella borealis or Leather Limpet | |
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![]() | |
Onchidella borealis is eating a purple sponge | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Systellommatophora |
Family: | Onchidiidae |
Genus: | Onchidella |
Species: | O. borealis
|
Binomial name | |
Onchidella borealis
Dall, 1872
|
Onchidella borealis is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae. [1]
![]() | This section is empty. You can help by
adding to it. (April 2013) |
A small sea slug about 1/2-inch long varying in colors from orange to a dark brown. The most identifying feature is the wavy sides of the sea slug.
Mostly found on low tides, Onchidella borealis is a fairly hard organism to find.