Tambja diaphana

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Tambja diaphana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Tambja
Species:
T. diaphana
Binomial name
Tambja diaphana
(Bergh, 1877) [1]

Tambja diaphana is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. [2]

Distribution

This species was originally described from Aibukit. It is considered to be unrecognisable. [3]

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References

  1. Bergh, L.S.R. (1877). Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Semper C, ed. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. theil 2, heft 12. Wiesbaden: Kreidel, 495–546, plates 58–6, page 454.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Tambja diaphana (Bergh, 1877). Accessed on 2021-02-03.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (February 3) Tambja diaphana (Bergh, 1877). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.