Tenellia distans

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Tenellia distans is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.[2]

Tenellia distans
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T. distans
Binomial name
Tenellia distans
(Odhner, 1922)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cuthona distans Odhner, 1922

Distribution edit

This species was described from the Varangerfjord, near Vadsø in Finnmark, Norway. However, this nudibranch has not been seen since it was first described by Odhner in 1922.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Odhner, N. H. (1922). Norwegian opisthobranchiate Mollusca in the collections of the Zoological Museum of Kristiania. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 60:1-47, Accessed 2014.2.15
  2. ^ Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona distans Odhner, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-12.
  3. ^ Evertsen J., & Bakken T. (2005). Nudibranch diversity (Heterobranchia, Gastropoda) along the coast of Norway. Fauna norvegica 25: 1-37