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Onchidina
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Onchidina

Semper, 1885
Synonyms[1]

Oncidina Plate, 1893

Onchidina is a monotypic genus of air-breathing sea slugs, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Onchidiidae.[1] Its sole member is the species Onchidina australis.[2] Uniquely within the Onchidiidae, O. australis lives above the tidal zone in a fully terrestrial habitat.[3]

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  1. ^ a b Onchidina Semper, 1885. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  2. ^ Onchidina australis J.E. Gray in Semper, 1885. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2010.
  3. ^ Dayrat, Benoît; Goulding, Tricia C. (29 June 2017). "Systematics of the onchidiid slug Onchidina australis (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology. 146: 121–133. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/146/121-133.