Tenellia georgiana

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Tenellia georgiana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Tenellia
Species:
T. georgiana
Binomial name
Tenellia georgiana
(Pfeffer, 1886) [1]
Synonyms
  • Aeolis antarcticaPfeffer, 1886
  • Cuthona georgiana(Pfeffer, 1886)

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

Distribution

This species was described from South Georgia, Antarctica. It is reported from the Ross Sea, Kerguelen, South Georgia and southern Chile.

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References

  1. Pfeffer, G. in Martens, E. v., & Georg Pfeffer. 1886. Die Mollusken von Süd-Georgien nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Station 1882-83. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 3:63-135, pls. 1-4.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona georgiana (Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-09