Trinchesia albocrusta

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Trinchesia albocrusta
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Trinchesia albocrusta
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T. albocrusta
Binomial name
Trinchesia albocrusta
(MacFarland, 1966) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cratena albocrustMacFarland, 1966
  • Cuthona albocrusta(MacFarland, 1966)
  • Tenellia albocrusta(MacFarland, 1966)

Trinchesia albocrusta, common name white-crusted aeolid, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae. [2]

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Distribution

This species was described from Pacific Grove, California, United States. [1] It has been recorded along the Eastern Pacific coastline of North America from Prince William Sound, Alaska to La Paz, Baja California, Mexico. [3]

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Frank Mace MacFarland

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References

  1. 1 2 MacFarland, F. M. (1966). Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72. pages 340-344.
  2. Picton, B. (2017). Trinchesia albocrusta (MacFarland, 1966). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1037416 on 2017-12-06
  3. McDonald, G. (2015). Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.