Tenellia
Encyclopedia
Tenellia is a genus
of sea slug
s, aolid nudibranch
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Tergipedidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea slug
Sea slug
Sea slug is a common name used for several different groups of saltwater snails that either lack a shell or have only an internal shell, in other words this name is used for various lineages of marine gastropod mollusks that are either not conchiferous or appear not to be.The phrase "sea slug" is...
s, aolid nudibranch
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Tergipedidae
Tergipedidae
Tergipedidae is a family of seaslugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Nudibranchia .- Taxonomy :...
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Species
Species within the genus Tenellia include:- Tenellia adspersaTenellia adspersaTenellia adspersa, common name the miniature aeolis, is a species of very small sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tergipedidae.In Britain this solitary species is referred to as the lagoon sea slug....
(Nordmann, 1845) - Tenellia fuscata (Gould, 1870)