Biology:Tylodina perversa

Short description: Species of gastropod

Tylodina perversa
A live individual of Tylodina perversa, head end towards the top
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Umbraculida
Superfamily:	Umbraculoidea
Family:	Tylodinidae
Genus:	Tylodina
Species:	T. perversa
Binomial name
Tylodina perversa (Gmelin, 1791)

Tylodina perversa, common names the "yellow tylodina" or "yellow umbrella slug", is a species of sea snail or false limpet, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Tylodinidae.

This opisthobranch has a limpet-like shell which is composed primarily of protein, not calcium carbonate.

Distribution

This species of false limpet occurs in the northeastern Atlantic including the British Isles and the Mediterranean Sea.

Ecology

T. perversa feeds on the sponge species Aplysina aerophoba.

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  Tylodina perversa on the Aplysina aerophoba, in Ližnjan, Croatia

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  Spiral egg ribbon of the Tylodina perversa, in Ližnjan, Croatia

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  Close-up of the Tylodina perversa, in Ližnjan, Croatia

References

• Sea Slug Forum info

External links

• Photos of Tylodina perversa on Sealife Collection

Wikidata ☰ Q7860238 entry