| Thorunna talaverai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Thorunna |
| Species: | T. talaverai |
| Binomial name | |
| Thorunna talaverai Ortea, Bacallado & Valdés, 1992 [1] | |
Thorunna talaverai is a species of dorid nudibranch in the family Chromodorididae. [2]
This species was described from the Galapagos Islands.
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