Goniobranchus conchyliatus

Goniobranchus conchyliatus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.^[2][3]

Goniobranchus conchyliatus
Goniobranchus conchyliatus, La Réunion
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Goniobranchus
Species:	G. conchyliatus
Binomial name
Goniobranchus conchyliatus (Yonow, 1984)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Chromodoris conchyliata Yonow, 1984 (basionym)

Distribution

This species was described from Sri Lanka. It is widespread in the Indian Ocean and is similar in colouration to Goniobranchus geometricus from the West Pacific Ocean.^[4] Both species have been reported from South Africa.^[5][6][7]