Tenellia columbiana

Tenellia columbiana
Santa Cruz, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Aeolidacea
Family:	Trinchesiidae
Genus:	Tenellia
Species:	T. columbiana
Binomial name
Tenellia columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922) [1]
Synonyms
Amphorina colombiana(O'Donoghue, 1922) Catriona columbiana(O'Donoghue, 1922)

Tenellia columbiana, the British Columbia aeolid, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae. ^[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Gabriola Pass, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. ^[1] has been recorded along the Eastern Pacific coastline of North America from Cutter Rock, Ketchikan, Alaska, to San Diego, California. ^{[3] [4]}

Ecology

Tenellia columbiana feeds on the athecate hydroids Tubularia and Syncoryne . ^[3]

References

1. O'Donoghue, C.H. (1922). Notes on the Nudibranchiate Mollusca from the Vancouver Island Region. III. Records of species and distribution. Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute, Toronto, 14(1): 145-167, pls.5-6.
2. Gofas, S. (2016). Tenellia columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922). In: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tenellia columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890620 on 2026-03-03
3. McDonald, G. (2015). Catriona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922) Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.
4. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 11) Cuthona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.