Rhodope veranii
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| Rhodope veranii | |
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| A specimen of Rhodope veranii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Rhodopidae |
| Genus: | Rhodope |
| Species: | R. veranii |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhodope veranii Koelliker, 1847 | |
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Rhodope veranii is a species of small meiofaunal sea slug, a shell-less vermiform gastropod mollusk in the family Rhodopidae. Its worm-like body structure differs considerably from typical gastropods, to the point of being mistaken for a flatworm in the past.[2] It is the type species of the genus Rhodope.[1]