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Tenellia signifera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Fionoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Fionidae

Genus
  
Tenellia

Tenellia signifera 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 Tannowa, Osaka Bay, on the shore (March 1951 and 1959, 12 specimens, collected by Mr. Hamatani) and Mukaishima, Seto Inland Sea, on Sargassum weed in shallow water (March 1960, 27 specimens, collected by Dr. lnaba).

Description

This species has sometimes been considered to be a synonym of Tenellia viridis, but unlike that species, it has oval spots of white pigment on the cerata and white rhinophores and oral tentacles. There is an ovoid brown or black mark on the back, behind the rhinophores.

References

Tenellia signifera Wikipedia