(Ringholmen - Sør-Trøndelag / 5 meters / 10.13.2001)

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Heterobranchia

Superorder: Opisthobranchia

Order: Nudibranchia

Suborder: Doridina

Family: Onchidorididae

Scientific name: Onchidoris bilamellata

 

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Distribution: It probablyy exists along the entire Norwegian coast, at least as far north as the arctic circle.

Characteristics: The color is white with splashes of brown on the mantle. It can grow to a length of 4 cm. In contrast to Onchidoris muricata this slug feeds on barnacles.

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