Ancula gibbosa | The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland

<p><em>Ancula gibbosa</em> (Risso, 1818)</p>

Ancula gibbosa. Length 10mm. Short oral tentacles on head; no propodial tentacles on foot. Two forward pointing elongate papillae at base of each rhinophore. Five papillae on mantle-rim shield each side of gills. ELWS. Menai Strait, Wales. March 2011.

Species

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I.F. Smith

Ancula gibbosa. Length 10mm. Sides of head extended into short oral tentacles, but no propodial tentacles on foot. Two forward pointing elongate papillae at base of each rhinophore. Extreme low water spring tide, Menai Strait, Wales. March 2011.

Species

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I.F. Smith

Ancula gibbosa. Length 10mm. Ten lamellae on rhinophore. Reduced mantle rim carrying erect elongate papillae at side of gills. Brown viscera visible below gills. Extreme low water spring tide, Menai Strait, Wales. March 2011.

Species

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I.F. Smith

Ancula gibbosa. Length 10mm. Three white translucent tripinnate gills around brown anus. Gills shielded by ten elongate papillae. Yellow medial dorsal ridge on posterior third of body. ELWS. Menai Strait, Wales. March 2011.

Species

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

Ancula gibbosa

Distribution and status

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Taxon version key

[NBNSYS0000173816]

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Taxonomic group

Marine slug

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