Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Fionidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Fionoidea Genus Tenellia | |
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Similar Cuthona divae, Tenellia pustulata, Cuthona nana, Tenellia foliata, Tergipedidae | ||
Tenellia columbiana, common name British Columbia aeolid, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.
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Distribution
This species was described from Gabriola Pass, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. has been recorded along the Eastern Pacific coastline of North America from Cutter Rock, Ketchikan, Alaska, to San Diego, California.
Ecology
Tenellia columbiana feeds on the athecate hydroids Tubularia and Syncoryne.
References
Tenellia columbiana Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA