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Tenellia iris

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Species of gastropod

Tenellia iris
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. iris
Binomial name
Tenellia iris
(Edmunds & Just, 1983)
Synonyms
  • Cuthona iris Edmunds & Just, 1983

Tenellia iris is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.

Distribution

This species was described from the reef flat outside Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados.

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 5–10 mm.

References

  1. Edmunds, M., & H. Just. 1983. Eolid nudibranchiate Mollusca from Barbados. Journal of Molluscan Studies 49(3):185-203.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cuthona iris Edmunds & Just, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-09
Taxon identifiers
Cuthona iris
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