Onchidella nigricans

Onchidella nigricans is a species of small, air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidiidae.

Onchidella nigricans
Dorsal view of Onchidella nigricans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Systellommatophora
Superfamily:	Onchidioidea
Family:	Onchidiidae
Genus:	Onchidella
Species:	O. nigricans
Binomial name
Onchidella nigricans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
Onchidella irrorata (Gould, 1852) Onchidella obscura (Plate, 1893) Onchidella patelloida (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Onchidium nigricans Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 Onchidium patelloide Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 Oncidiella obscura Plate, 1893 Peronia irrorata Gould, 1852

Distribution

This species occurs in New Zealand,[2] where it is common.

References

1. WoRMS : Onchidella nigricans; accessed : 30 September 2010
2. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

• Dayrat, B. (2009) Review of the current knowledge of the systematics of Onchidiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) with a checklist of nominal species. Zootaxa 2068: 1-26

Further reading

• Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
• Stringer, B. L. (1969). "The species of New Zealand onchidiidae (mollusca, gastropoda) and their distribution". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 3 (1): 29–45. doi:10.1080/00288330.1969.9515276. ISSN 0028-8330.

Alfaro, Andrea (2009). "Diet of the pulmonate gastropod Onchidella nigricans in the intertidal rocky shore, New Zealand". Animal Biology. 59 (2): 231–240. doi:10.1163/157075609X437736. ISSN 1570-7555.