Tenellia valentini

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

Tenellia valentini
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. valentini
Binomial name
Tenellia valentini
(Eliot, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cratena valentini Eliot, 1907
  • Cuthona valentini (Eliot, 1907)
  • Tergipes valentini (Eliot, 1907)

Distribution

This species was described from the Falkland Islands. It has also been reported from Chile.[3]

References
  1. Eliot, C. N. E. 1907. Nudibranchs from New Zealand and the Falkland Islands. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7(6):327-361, pl. 28.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona valentini (Eliot, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-03-09.
  3. Schories, D. (2015). Cuthona valerntini [in] The image field guide to fauna and flora - Chile.
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