Knoutsodonta inconspicua is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2][3]
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| Plate from original description, fig. 9-16. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Onchidorididae |
| Genus: | Knoutsodonta |
| Species: | K. inconspicua
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| Binomial name | |
| Knoutsodonta inconspicua | |
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Northumberland, England. It is currently known from the European coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean from Norway south to Brittany.[4]
References
edit- ^ Alder, J., & A. Hancock (1851) A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. Pt. 5, fam. 1, pl. 12. Ray Society, London.
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Knoutsodonta inconspicua (Alder & Hancock, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-10.
- ^ Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213
- ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Onchidoris inconspicua (Alder & Hancock, 1851). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-01-16.