Cratena pilata

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Cratena pilata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Facelinidae
Genus: Cratena
Species:
C. pilata
Binomial name
Cratena pilata
(Gould, 1870) [1]
Synonyms
  • Aeolis pilataGould, 1870

Cratena pilata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. [2]

Distribution

This species was described from the Atlantic coast of the United States. [3]

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References

  1. Gould, A. A. 1870. Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, published agreeably to an order of the legislature. Second edition, comprising the Mollusca. Edited By W. G. Binney, v + 524 pp. pls. XVIXXVII.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Cratena pilata (Gould, 1870). Accessed on 2018-02-17.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (Jul 31) Cratena pilata (Gould, 1870) [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.