Samla bilas

Samla bilas is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Samlidae.[2]

Samla bilas
Samla bilas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Flabellinoidea
Family:
Samlidae
Genus:
Samla
Species:
S. bilas
Binomial name
Samla bilas
(Gosliner & Willan, 1991)[1]

Description

Samla bilas has a body length of 18–35 mm (1.8-3.5 cm).[3]

Distribution

This species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific and commonly seen on reefs.[4]

References
  1. Gosliner T. M. & Willan R. C. (1991). "Review of the Flabellinidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidacea) from the tropical Indo-Pacific, with the descriptions of five new species". The Veliger 34(2): 97-133. page 109.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Flabellina bilas (Gosliner & Willan, 1991). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-25
  3. Marine Gastropods Retrieved July 5, 2012
  4. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 1) Flabellina bilas (Gosliner & Willan, 1991). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.


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