''Tenellia fidenciae'' is a
species of
sea slug, an aeolid
nudibranch, a
marine
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gastropod
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mollusc
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in the
family Fionidae.
Distribution
This species was described from Playa del barranco de Avalos, Isla de
La Gomera, the
Canary Islands
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. It has been reported from
Caloura,
Sao Miguel Island
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,
Azores and
Montana Roja
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,
Tenerife.
[Ortea J.A., Caballer, M. & Moro, L. (2001)]
Primeros datos sobre un complejo de especies alrededor de ''Cuthona willani'' Cervera, García & López, 1992 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) en la Macaronesia y Marruecos.
Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias XIII (4): 101-112.
References
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Fionidae
Gastropods described in 1999