Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Cladobranchia > Superfamily Aeolidioidea > Family Myrrhinidae > Genus Dondice

Dondice occidentalis (Engel, 1925)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Caloria Trinchese, 1888

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dondice*	Er. Marcus, 1958	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Nanuca occidentalis*	(Engel, 1925)	synonym

Literature

additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
redescription	Thompson, T. E. (1980). Jamaican opisthobranch molluscs II. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 46(1):74-99.
new combination reference	Marcus, Er. (1958). On western Atlantic opisthobranchiate gastropods. American Museum Novitates. 1906: 1-82.
status source	García-Méndez, K.; Padula, V.; Valdés, Á. (2022). Integrative systematics of the genus Dondice Marcus, 1958 (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Myrrhinidae) in the Western Atlantic. Marine Biodiversity. 52(5).

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dondice occidentalis (Engel, 1925). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181246