Trinchesia virens

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Trinchesia virens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Trinchesia
Species:
T. virens
Binomial name
Trinchesia virens
(MacFarland, 1966) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cratena virensMacFarland, 1966
  • Cuthona virens(MacFarland, 1966)
  • Tenellia virens(MacFarland, 1966)

Trinchesia virens 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 Point Pinos, Monterey Bay, California, United States. [1] It has been recorded along the Eastern Pacific coastline of North America from Duxbury Reef, Marin County to Santa Catalina Island, California, United States. [3] [4]

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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 344-347.
  2. Picton, B. (2017). Trinchesia virens (MacFarland, 1966). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1037423 on 2017-12-07.
  3. Behrens, D.W. & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs. A guide to the Opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. Sea Challengers, Monterey. 1-137.
  4. Cuthona virens. Photo on Slug Site.