Tenellia distans

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Tenellia distans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Tenellia
Species:
T. distans
Binomial name
Tenellia distans
(Odhner, 1922) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cuthona distansOdhner, 1922

Tenellia distans is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae. [2]

Distribution

This species was described from the Varangerfjord, near Vadsø in Finnmark, Norway. However, this nudibranch has not been seen since it was first described by Odhner in 1922. [3]

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References

  1. Odhner, N. H. (1922). Norwegian opisthobranchiate Mollusca in the collections of the Zoological Museum of Kristiania. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 60:1-47, Accessed 2014.2.15
  2. Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona distans Odhner, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-12.
  3. Evertsen J., & Bakken T. (2005). Nudibranch diversity (Heterobranchia, Gastropoda) along the coast of Norway. Fauna norvegica 25: 1-37