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Diaphoreolis flavovulta

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Species of gastropod

Diaphoreolis flavovulta
Pillar Point, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach, CA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Diaphoreolis
Species: D. flavovulta
Binomial name
Diaphoreolis flavovulta
(MacFarland, 1966)
Synonyms
  • Cratena flavovulta MacFarland, 1966
  • Cuthona flavovulta (MacFarland, 1966)

Diaphoreolis flavovulta, the yellow-head aeolid or yellow-head cuthona, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.

Distribution

This species was described from inner Monterey Bay, California, United States. Reported along the East Pacific coastline of America from Kayostia Beach, Clallam County, Washington state to Hazard Canyon, San Luis Obispo County, California.

References

  1. ^ MacFarland, F. M. (1966). Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72. pages 336-337.
  2. Picton, B. (2017). Diaphoreolis flavovulta (MacFarland, 1966). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01.
  3. McDonald, G. (2015). Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California
Taxon identifiers
Cuthona flavovulta
Cratena flavovulta
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