Aplysia sydneyensis
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| Aplysia sydneyensis | |
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| Live specimen of Aplysia sydneyensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Aplysiida |
| Family: | Aplysiidae |
| Genus: | Aplysia |
| Species: | A. sydneyensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aplysia sydneyensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1869 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aplysia excavata G. B. Sowerby II, 1869 | |
Aplysia sydneyensis is a species of gastropod mollusc in the genus Aplysia, family Aplysiidae.[1]
(Original description) The shell is compressed and elongate-perpendicular in form; coloration is chestnut at the median region, becoming pale horn-colored toward the margins. The apex is obtuse, terminal, slightly reflected and incurved. The dorsal margin is convex; the upper margin is straight; the outer lip is straight; the lower margin is subquadrate.[2]
