Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Tritonioidea Genus Tritonia Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Tritoniidae Scientific name Tritonia lineata Rank Species | |
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Similar Tritonia, Marionia blainvillea, Tritonia hombergii, Tritoniidae, Whip fan nudibranch | ||
Tritonia lineata is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.
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Description
Tritonia lineata was originally discovered in 1846 and described by British malacologists Joshua Alder and Albany Hancock in 1848.
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Distribution
The type locality is Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. Tritonia lineata is found at scattered localities on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland and in southern Norway and Brittany, France. It has also been reported from the Adriatic Sea, Croatia.
References
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