Tritoniopsis elegans Audouin, 1826

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, Zootaxa 4359 (1), pp. 1-133 : 94

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8D06174D-B19F-4B5C-B9B0-DA74E6D43C75

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026265

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB87A2-FF8D-FFD9-9790-FF5EFF58FCD0

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scientific name

Tritoniopsis elegans Audouin, 1826
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Tritoniopsis elegans Audouin, 1826 View in CoL

( Figure 29 I –J View FIGURE 29 )

Material examined. Seven specimens. MB28-004506, ZRP, 21 Feb. 2012, 2m, 27mm; MB28-00 4677, ZRP, 25 May 2013, 0.5m, 44mm; MB28-004691, ZRP, 12 Jul. 2013, 0.5m, 45mm; MHN-YT904, ZRP, 0 8 Sep. 2013, 0.5m, 45mm; MB28-004965, ZRP, 0 6 Feb. 2015, 0.5m, 50mm; MB28-005017, ZRP, 0 4 Aug. 2015, 1m, 42mm; MB28- 0 0 4510, ZRP, 21 Feb. 2012, 1m, 33mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reef.

Occurrencces. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Japan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines (Gosliner et al. 2008), Indonesia ( Yonow 2011), Thailand (Gosliner et al. 2008), Australia, Red Sea ( Audouin 1826), Kenya, South Africa (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.

Remarks. This species appears to be variable in colour (29 I –J). Two morphotypes were found: morphotype 1 which is completely white with longitudinal opaque white lines ( Fig. 29 I View FIGURE 29 ) and morphotype 2 which has a reticulate pattern of white and orange on the dorsum ( Fig. 29 J View FIGURE 29 ). Additional studies are needed to verify if they are the same species.

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