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Tylodina perversa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Umbraculoidea

Genus
  
Tylodina

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Tylodinidae

Scientific name
  
Tylodina perversa

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Tylodina, Aplysina aerophoba, Umbraculum umbraculum, Thuridilla hopei, Umbraculum

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Tylodina perversa, common names the "yellow tylodina" or "yellow umbrella slug", is a species of sea snail or false limpet, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Tylodinidae.

Contents

This opisthobranch has a limpet-like shell which is composed primarily of protein, not calcium carbonate.

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Distribution

This species of false limpet occurs in the northeastern Atlantic including the British Isles and the Mediterranean Sea.

Ecology

T. perversa feeds on the sponge species Aplysina aerophoba.

References

Tylodina perversa Wikipedia