| Dolabella | |
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| Dolabella auricularia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
| Clade: | Anaspidea |
| Superfamily: | Aplysioidea |
| Family: | Aplysiidae |
| Genus: | Dolabella Lamarck, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Dolabella callosa Lamarck, 1801 | |
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Dolabella is a genus of sea slugs or sea hares, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.
Description[edit]
In the sea hares of the genus Dolabella the back end of the body has turned into a slanted disc-like shield, with a large, calcified shell buried inside. The color is variable, with specks of green and brown.
There are fossil records of † Dolabella aldrichi from the Early Miocene, found in the Chipola Formation in Florida [1]
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Dolabella include:
- † Dolabella aldrichi
- Dolabella auricularia Lightfoot, 1786 or Wedge Sea Hare
- Dolabella gigas Rang, 1828
- Distribution : Indian Ocean.
- Description : The internal shell has a saucer-shaped extension; armed penis
- Species brought into synonymy
- Dolabella aldrichi Dall, 1890 †: synonym of Floribella aldrichi (Dall, 1890) † (original combination)
- Dolabella andersoni Allan, 1941: synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Dolabella callosa Lamarck, 1801: synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Dolabella cheni Sun, 1960: synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Dolabella dolabrifera Rang, 1828: synonym of Dolabrifera dolabrifera (Rang, 1828)
- Dolabella ecaudata (Rang, 1828): synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Dolabella fragilis Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791
- Dolabella gigas (Rang, 1828): synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Dolabella hasselti Férussac in Rang, 1828: synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Dolabella laevis Blainville, 1819: synonym of Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791
- Dolabella lepus Risso, 1826: synonym of Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791 (dubious synonym)
- Dolabella rumphii Blainville, 1819: synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Dolabella scapula O'Donoghue, 1929: synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786) (non-binomial)
- Dolabella variegata Pease, 1860: synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- SEM images of the radula can be found at Thompson, T.E.; Bebbington, A. (1973). "Scanning electron microscope studies of gastropod radulae". Malacologia. 14: 147–165.