Duvaucelia Explained

Duvaucelia is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tritoniidae.^[1] It was synonymised with Tritonia until 2020 when a revision of the family Tritoniidae brought it back into use.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Duvaucelia include:

• Duvaucelia lineata (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
• Duvaucelia manicata (Deshayes, 1853)
• Duvaucelia odhneri J. Tardy, 1963 (=Tritonia nilsodhneri Ev. Marcus, 1983
• Duvaucelia plebeia (G. Johnston, 1828)
• Duvaucelia striata (Haefelfinger, 1963)
• Duvaucelia taliartensis (Ortea & Moro, 2009)

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Duvaucelia Risso, 1826. Accessed on 2021-01-01.
2. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020). Consolidated data on the phylogeny and evolution of the family Tritoniidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) contribute to genera reassessment and clarify the taxonomic status of the neuroscience models Tritonia and Tochuina. PLOS ONE. 15(11): e0242103.