Biology:Diaphoreolis scintillans

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Diaphoreolis scintillans
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Diaphoreolis
Species:
D. scintillans
Binomial name
Diaphoreolis scintillans
(M. C. Miller, 1977)
Synonyms
  • Cuthona scintillans Miller, 1977
  • Tenellia scintillans (Miller, 1977)
  • Trinchesia scintillans (Miller, 1977)

Diaphoreolis scintillans is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.[1][2]


Distribution

This species was described from Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand.[3]

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tenellia scintillans (M. C. Miller, 1977). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1793371 on 2026-03-02
  2. Korshunova T.; Fletcher K.; Martynov A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 204, Issue 4, August 2025, zlaf057,
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Sep 11) Cuthona scintillans from New Zealand. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  • Gosliner T.M. (1981) A new species of tergipedid nudibranch from the coast of California. Journal of Molluscan Studies 47: 200-205
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch

Wikidata ☰ Q21350188 entry