Dolabella (genus)
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{{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 ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.umiushi.info/HTML_eng/Bursatellaleachii.html ''Dolabella auricularia'']
[[Category:Aplysiidae]]