Aplysia cornigera
| Aplysia cornigera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Aplysiida |
| Family: | Aplysiidae |
| Genus: | Aplysia |
| Species: | A. cornigera
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| Binomial name | |
| Aplysia cornigera G. B. Sowerby II, 1869
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Aplysia cornigera, the corn-bearing aplysia, is a species of gastropod mollusc in the genus Aplysia, family Aplysiidae. [1]
Description
(Original description) The shell is talon-shaped, narrow, ovate, and arched, with concentric striations. Its apex is highly elevated, incurved, acuminated, and calloused. The upper margin is depressed, excavated, and obtusely angular at its extremity. The outer lip is sinuously and obliquely produced ventrally. The lower margin is slightly acuminated anteriorly. The dorsal margin is rounded, reflected, and features a radiating groove.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean and in the West Pacific.
References
- ^ Aplysia cornigera G. B. Sowerby II, 1869. 3 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Sowerby II, G.B. (1869). Monograph of the genus Aplysia. In: Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 17, pls 1-10 and unpaginated text. London: L. Reeve & Co. p. pl. 10. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
- Yonow, N. (2008). Sea slugs of the Red Sea. 304 pp. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft.
External links
- Petit, R.E. (2009). "George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa". Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218.