Diaphoreolis flavovulta

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Diaphoreolis flavovulta
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Pillar Point, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach, CA
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Diaphoreolis
Species:
D. flavovulta
Binomial name
Diaphoreolis flavovulta
(MacFarland, 1966) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cratena flavovultaMacFarland, 1966
  • Cuthona flavovulta(MacFarland, 1966)

Diaphoreolis flavovulta, the yellow-head aeolid or yellow-head cuthona, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae. [2]

Distribution

This species was described from inner Monterey Bay, California, United States. [1] Reported along the East Pacific coastline of America from Kayostia Beach, Clallam County, Washington state to Hazard Canyon, San Luis Obispo County, California. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 MacFarland, F. M. (1966). Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72. pages 336-337.
  2. Picton, B. (2017). Diaphoreolis flavovulta (MacFarland, 1966). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01.
  3. McDonald, G. (2015). Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California