Tenellia herrerai
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Trinchesiidae |
| Genus: | Tenellia |
| Species: | T. herrerai
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| Binomial name | |
| Tenellia herrerai (Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2002)[1]
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Tenellia herrerai is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.[2]
Taxonomic history
The species was first described, then named as Cuthona herrerai in 2002. It was a Cuthona species until a DNA phylogeny of the former family Tergipedidae resulted in most species of Cuthona being transferred to the genus Tenellia, including Cuthona herrerai which became Tenellia herrerai.[3]
Distribution
This species was described from Tarrafal de Monte Trigo, Santo Antão, Cape Verde Islands.[1]
References
- ^ a b Ortea J.A., Moro L. & Caballer M. (2002). Descripcion de una especie nueva del género Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) de las islas de Cabo Verde. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 13(4): 117-121. ["2001", published July 2002].
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cuthona herrerai Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2002". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
- ^ Cella, Kristen; Carmona, Leila; Ekimova, Irina; Chichvarkhin, Anton; Schepetov, Dimitry; Gosliner, Terrence M. (2016-12-15). "A Radical Solution: The Phylogeny of the Nudibranch Family Fionidae". PLOS ONE. 11 (12): e0167800. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1167800C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0167800. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5158052. PMID 27977703.