Hoffmannola hansi

Hoffmannola hansi is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae.[1]

Hoffmannola hansi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Systellommatophora
Superfamily:
Onchidioidea
Family:
Onchidiidae
Genus:
Hoffmannola
Species:
H. hansi
Binomial name
Hoffmannola hansi
Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967

Description

In the first article about Hoffmannola hansi[2] the authors Eveline Marcus and Ernst Marcus examine different specimen: The biggest slug is 48mm long measured over the back (26mm lineal), 20 mm broad and 16 mm high.

The species is named after Hans Hoffmann.

Distribution

Hoffmannola hansi is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a species which occurs in the Pacific coast of Mexican, from the Gulf of California (Baja California Norte, Sonora, Sinaloa) to Oaxaca.[3]

References
  1. Hoffmannola hansi Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2010.
  2. Marcus Ev.; Marcus Er. American opisthobranch mollusks Part I, Tropical American opisthobranchs, Part II, Opisthobranchs from the Gulf of California. Stud. trop. Oceanogr. Miami 6: viii + 256 pp. December 1967
  3. Avila-Poveda, O.H.; Abadia-Chanona, Q.Y.; Herrera-Fragoso, R.; Dayrat, B. (2014). "Review of the geographic distribution of Hoffmannola hansi (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in the Mexican Pacific". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 85 (2): 463–471. doi:10.7550/rmb.34177.


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