Onchidium hongkongense

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

Onchidium hongkongense
Dorsal view of Onchidium hongkongense in the mud (head is on the right).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Systellommatophora
Superfamily:
Onchidioidea
Family:
Onchidiidae
Genus:
Onchidium
Species:
O. hongkongense
Binomial name
Onchidium hongkongense
Britton, 1984[1]

Distribution

Distribution of Onchidium hongkongense include Hong-Kong and Japan.[2] Its conservation status in Japan is vulnerable.[2]

References
  1. Britton K. M. 1984. The Onchidiacea (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Hong Kong with a worldwide review of the genera. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 50(3): 179-191. Onchidium hongkongensis is on pages 188-190, figs. 6-7.
  2. "Archived copy" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) accessed 1 October 2009.

Further reading
  • Jensen, Kathe R., 1992. Anatomy of Onchidium hongkongensis Britton, 1984. pp. 705–722. In: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China III (Edited by Brian Morton), Volume 2. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 962-209-295-0


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