Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Euopisthobranchia
Ordo: Aplysiida
Superfamilia: Aplysioidea
Familia: Aplysiidae
Genus: Dolabella
Species (3): D. auricularia – D. californica – D. guayaquilensis
Name
Dolabella Lamarck, 1801
Type species: Dolabella callosa Lamarck, 1801 [=Patella auricularia Lightfoot, 1786]
Fixation: monotypy
Synonyms
Dollabella Gistl, 1848 (Missp.)
References
Bebbington, A. 1977: Aplysiid species from Eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 34(1): 87–147. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb00373.x
Lamarck, J.B. 1801: Systême des animaux sans vertèbres; ou, Tableau génral des classes, des classes, des orres et des genres de ces animaux. Paris, L'Auteur. BHL
Links
Dolabella in the World Register of Marine Species
AnimalBase
Dolabella is a genus of sea slugs or sea hares, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.
Description
In the sea hares of the genus Dolabella the back end of the body has turned into a slanted disc-like shield, with a large, calcified shell buried inside. The color is variable, with specks of green and brown.
There are fossil records of † Dolabella aldrichi from the Early Miocene, found in the Chipola Formation in Florida [1]
Species
Species within the genus Dolabella include:
Dolabella auricularia
† Dolabella aldrichi
Dolabella auricularia Lightfoot, 1786 or Wedge Sea Hare
Dolabella gigas Rang, 1828
Distribution : Indian Ocean.
Description : The internal shell has a saucer-shaped extension; armed penis
Species brought into synonymy
Dolabella aldrichi Dall, 1890 †: synonym of Floribella aldrichi (Dall, 1890) † (original combination)
Dolabella andersoni Allan, 1941: synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
Dolabella callosa Lamarck, 1801: synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
Dolabella cheni Sun, 1960: synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
Dolabella dolabrifera Rang, 1828: synonym of Dolabrifera dolabrifera (Rang, 1828)
Dolabella ecaudata (Rang, 1828): synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
Dolabella fragilis Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791
Dolabella gigas (Rang, 1828): synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
Dolabella hasselti Férussac in Rang, 1828: synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
Dolabella laevis Blainville, 1819: synonym of Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791
Dolabella lepus Risso, 1826: synonym of Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791 (dubious synonym)
Dolabella rumphii Blainville, 1819: synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
Dolabella scapula O'Donoghue, 1929: synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786) (non-binomial)
Dolabella variegata Pease, 1860: synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
References
Paleobiology Database
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