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Tenellia leopardina

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Tenellia leopardina
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T. leopardina
Binomial name
Tenellia leopardina
(Vayssière, 1888) [1]
Synonyms
  • Amphorina alberti var. leopardina Vayssière, 1888
  • Cuthona leopardina (Vayssière, 1888)

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

Distribution

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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

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The typical adult size of this species is 10 mm.

References

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  1. ^ a b Vayssière A. (1888). Recherches zoologiques et anatomiques sur les mollusques opisthobranches du Golfe de Marseille pt. 2. Nudibranches (Cirrobranches) et Ascoglosses. Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille 3 (4): 1-160. Cuthona leopardina as Amphorina alberti var. leopardina Vayssière, 1888 p. 55-60
  2. ^ Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona leopardina (Vayssière, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-14