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Tenellia futairo

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Fionidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Fionoidea

Genus
  
Tenellia

Tenellia futairo 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 Mukaishima, Inland Sea of Seto, Japan. Also reported from Mutsu Bay, Sagami Bay; Sugashima near Toba, Osaka Bay, Saeki Bay, Amakusa and Toyama Bay in the original description.

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 10 mm. The body is pale orange-yellow with the tips of the oral tentacles and rhinophores deeper orange-yellow. The oral tentacles have a longitudinal opaque white band on the posterior side. The cerata have an opaque white mark below the tip on the outer surface.

References

Tenellia futairo Wikipedia