Biology:Tenellia leopardina

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Tenellia leopardina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
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T. leopardina
Binomial name
Tenellia leopardina
(Vayssière, 1888) [1]
Synonyms
  • Amphorina alberti var. leopardina Vayssière, 1888
  • (Vayssière, 1888) Cuthona leopardina

Tenellia leopardina is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Marseille, France . In the original description it was also reported from the Rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Genoa, Italy, and near Trieste.[1]

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 10 mm.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13505907 entry