Verconia simplex ( Pease, 1871 )

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, Zootaxa 4359 (1), pp. 1-133 : 42

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scientific name	Verconia simplex ( Pease, 1871 )
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Verconia simplex ( Pease, 1871) View in CoL

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Material examined. Two specimens. MB28-004927, ZRP, 19 Aug. 2014, 1m, 3mm; MB28-005013, ZWH, 28 Jun. 2015, 14m, 8mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora and Vamizi Island.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. French Polynesia ( Pease 1871), Marshall Islands, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Philippines, Christmas Island, Madagascar (Gosliner et al. 2008), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique.

References

Gosliner, T. M. (1987) Nudibranchs of southern Africa: a guide to opisthobranch molluscs of southern Africa. Sea Challengers, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, 136 pp.

Pease, W. H. (1871) Descriptions of nudibranchiate Mollusca inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology, 6, 299 - 305, pls. 19 - 22.

Figures

FIGURE 13. A, Thorunna australis (MB28-004823). B, Thorunna horologia (MB28-005006). C, Thorunna punicea (MB28- 004404).D, Verconia norba (MB28-004715). E. Verconia simplex (MB28-005013). F, Verconia sp. (MB28-005012). G, Aldisa cf. pikokai (MHN-YT1554). H, Aldisa fragaria (MB28-004395). I, Aldisa zavorensis (MB28-004398). J–K, Asteronotus cespitosus (ZMBN105161), dorsal and ventral view. L, Asteronotus sp.(MB28-004911).