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Verconia purpurea
Species of gastropod / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Verconia purpurea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1][2] It was first described in 1949 by Kikutaro Baba as Noumea purpurea.[3][4]
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Verconia purpurea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Verconia |
Species: | V. purpurea |
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Verconia purpurea Baba, 1949 | |
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The length of the body attains 20 mm.