Coryphella pallida

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Coryphella pallida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Coryphellidae
Genus: Coryphella
Species:
C. pallida
Binomial name
Coryphella pallida
(A. E. Verrill, 1900) [1]

Coryphella pallida is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Coryphellidae [2]

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Description

C. pallida has a maximum length of 10mm. [3] [4]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the western Pacific Ocean, primarily in Bermuda. [3]

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References

  1. Verrill, A. E. 1900. The nudibranchs and naked tectibranchs of the Bermudas. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences 10:545-550, pl. 66.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Flabellina pallida (A. E. Verrill, 1900). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-31
  3. 1 2 ITIS Archived 2012-11-28 at archive.today Retrieved July 5, 2012
  4. malacolog Retrieved July 5, 2012