Durvilledoris
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Durvilledoris is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...

s, dorid nudibranch
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...

s, shell-less marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...

 gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae
Chromodorididae
Chromodorididae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, colorful, sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs in the superfamily Doridoidea. These are marine gastropod mollusks....

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Species

Species in the genus Durvilledoris include:
  • Durvilledoris albofimbria
    Durvilledoris albofimbria
    Durvilledoris albofimbria is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.-Description:...

    Rudman, 1995
  • Durvilledoris circumflavus
    Durvilledoris circumflavus
    Durvilledoris circumflavus is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.-Description:Durvilledoris circumflavus has a white body, an orange-lined mantle and orange gills and rhinophores....

    Rudman
    William B. Rudman
    Dr. William B. Rudman, usually known as Bill Rudman , from New Zealand and Australia, is a biologist, a researcher who studies molluscs, in other words, a malacologist...

    , 1990
  • Durvilledoris lemniscata
    Durvilledoris lemniscata
    Durvilledoris lemniscata is a species of colorful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.-Description:...

    Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
  • Durvilledoris pusilla
    Durvilledoris pusilla
    Durvilledoris pusilla is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.-Description:...

    (Bergh
    Rudolph Bergh
    Rudolph Bergh , full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen....

    , 1874)
  • Durvilledoris similaris
    Durvilledoris similaris
    Durvilledoris similaris is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.-Description:...

    Rudman
    William B. Rudman
    Dr. William B. Rudman, usually known as Bill Rudman , from New Zealand and Australia, is a biologist, a researcher who studies molluscs, in other words, a malacologist...

    , 1986

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