Dolabella (genus) 638965 194274752 2008-02-26T22:32:31Z Eubot 231599 Removed taxobox colour. See [[User:Eubot/Removing colours from taxoboxen]]. {{Taxobox | name = ''Dolabella'' | image = DolabellaAuriculariaLayangA.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Dolabella auricularia'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Mollusca]] | classis = [[Gastropoda]] | subclassis = [[Orthogastropoda]] | superordo = [[Heterobranchia]] | ordo = [[Opisthobranchia]] | subordo = [[Sea hare|Anaspidea]] | superfamilia = [[Aplysioidea]] | familia = [[Aplysiidae]] | genus = '''''Dolabella''''' | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''Dolabella auricularia'' *''Dolabella gigas'' }} '''''Dolabella''''' ([[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lamarck]], 1801) is a [[genus]] of [[Sea hare| sea hares]], [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[opisthobranch]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]]s in the family [[Aplysiidae]], the superfamily [[Aplysioidea]] and the order [[Anaspidea]]. For more information please also see: [[Sea hare]], [[Aplysiidae]], [[Aplysioidea]]. ==Description== In the sea hares of the genus ''Dolabella'' the back end of the body has turned into a slanted disc-like shield, with a large, calcified [[gastropod shell|shell]] buried inside. The color is variable, with specks of green and brown. There are fossil records of † ''Dolabella aldrichi'' from the Early [[Miocene]], found in the [[Chipola River|Chipola Formation]] in Florida <ref> [http://pbdb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl Paleobiology Database] </ref> ==Species within the genus ''Dolabella''== [[Image:DolabellaAuriculariaLayangB.jpg|thumb|left|''Dolabella auricularia'']] *''Dolabella auricularia'' Lightfoot, 1786 or Wedge Sea Hare **Distribution : [[Indian Ocean]], Western and NW [[Pacific]]. **Length : 50 cm **Description : short, blunt head; body covered with tubercles and skin flaps; the inner shell has a typical earlike form; gives off purple ink when disturbed; hides under rocks during daytime; crawls around on [[seagrass]] beds at night, feeding on [[alga]]e; unarmed penis. *''Dolabella gigas'' Rang, 1828 **Distribution : Indian Ocean. **Description : The internal shell has a saucer-shaped extension; armed penis == Notes == {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.umiushi.info/HTML_eng/Bursatellaleachii.html ''Dolabella auricularia''] [[Category:Aplysiidae]]