Tenellia distans

Tenellia distans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Fionidae
Genus: Tenellia
Species: T. distans
Binomial name
Tenellia distans
(Odhner, 1922)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cuthona distans Odhner, 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]

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
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