Tenellia scintillans

Tenellia scintillans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Tenellia
Species:
T. scintillans
Binomial name
Tenellia scintillans
(M. C. Miller, 1977)
Synonyms
  • Cuthona scintillans Miller, 1977
  • Trinchesia scintillans (Miller, 1977)

Tenellia scintillans is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand.[2]

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tenellia scintillans (M. C. Miller, 1977). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1793371 on 2026-03-02
  2. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Sep 11) Cuthona scintillans from New Zealand. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  • Gosliner T.M. (1981) A new species of tergipedid nudibranch from the coast of California. Journal of Molluscan Studies 47: 200-205
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch