Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Fionidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Fionoidea Genus Tenellia | |
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Similar Tenellia caerulea, Facelina annulicornis, Crimora papillata, Marionia blainvillea, Whip fan nudibranch | ||
Tenellia genovae 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 Genoa, Italy. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Mulroy Bay, County Donegal and Lough Hyne, County Cork, Ireland south to Portugal and in the Mediterranean Sea.
Description
This species was previously confused with Tenellia foliata. The typical adult size of this species is 5-6 mm.
References
Tenellia genovae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA