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Tenellia lagunae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Euthyneura

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Heterobranchia

Clade
  
Nudipleura

Tenellia lagunae

Similar
  
Cuthona divae, Tergipedidae, Cuthona

Tenellia lagunae, common name orange-face cuthona, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.

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Distribution

This species has been recorded along the Eastern Pacific coastline of North America from Curry County, Oregon, United States to Bahía Tortugas, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California, Mexico.

Ecology

Tenellia lagunae feeds on the hydroid Sertularella turgida, family Sertulariidae.

References

Tenellia lagunae Wikipedia