Onchidiopsis spitzbergensis
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| Onchidiopsis spitzbergensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Velutinoidea |
| Family: | Velutinidae |
| Genus: | Onchidiopsis |
| Species: | O. spitzbergensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Onchidiopsis spitzbergensis Jensen in Thorson, 1944 | |
Onchidiopsis spitzbergensis is a species of small sea snail with a transparent internal shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae. Because the shell is mostly internal, the snail resembles a sea slug in general appearance.[1]