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Diaphoreolis flavovulta

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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
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.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from inner Monterey Bay, California, United States.[1] Reported along the East Pacific coastline of America from Kayostia Beach, Clallam County, Washington state to Hazard Canyon, San Luis Obispo County, California.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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