Julia exquisita

Julia exquisita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

Informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Oxynoacea

Superfamily: Oxynooidea
Family: Juliidae
Genus: Julia
Species: J. exquisita
Binomial name
Julia exquisita
Gould, 1862[1]

Julia exquisita is a species of very small sea snail with a shell comprising two separate hinged pieces or valves. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Juliidae.

Distribution

The type locality for this species is the Hawaiian Islands.[2]

Julia exquisita is found throughout the Indo-West Pacific.[3]

Description

The color of the shell of this species varies from reddish brown to bright green.[3]

References

  1. Gould A. A. (1862). "Descriptions of new genera and species of shells". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 8: 280-285.
  2. Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.
  3. 1 2 http://www.seaslugforum.net/juliexqu.htm


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