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original descriptionGould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152 page(s): 223, pl.16, fig. 268. [details]
taxonomy sourceCunha, C. M.; Rosenberg, G. (2019). Type specimens of Aplysiida (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with taxonomic remarks. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 95(2): 361-372., available online athttps://doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.33707 page(s): 370 [details]
basis of recordBebbington, A., 1977. Aplysiid species from eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia). Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 34 1: 87-147., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb00373.x[details]
additional sourceAlexander J. & Valdés (2013) The ring doesn't mean a thing: Molecular data suggest a new taxonomy for two Pacific species of sea hares (Mollusca:
Opisthobranchia, Aplysiidae). <i>Pacific Science</i> 67(2):283-294. , available online athttps://doi.org/10.2984/67.2.10 note: treated as synonym of A. dactylomela[details]
source of synonymyNimbs M. J., Willan R. C. & Smith S. D. A. (2017). Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiversity of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)?. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 37(1): 47-65., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280[details]