Global InformationTenellia adspersa information
| Tenellia adspersa | |
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| A live individual of Tenellia adspersa, head end towards the right | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Trinchesiidae |
| Genus: | Tenellia |
| Species: | T. adspersa
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| Binomial name | |
| Tenellia adspersa (Nordmann, 1845)[1]
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Tenellia adspersa, common name the miniature aeolis, is a species of very small sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fionidae. It is the type species of the genus Tenellia.
In Britain this solitary species is referred to as the lagoon sea slug.[2]
- ^ Nordmann, Alexander von, (1845). Versuch einer Natur- und Entwicklungsgeschichte des Tergipes Edwardsii. VI. Serie. Memoires, presentes parr Divers Savants. Memoires de l'Accademie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg. 6 series, seconde partie 4(6):497-602.
- ^ 2001-2007 Action plan for Tenella(sic!) adspersa Archived 16 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine. UK Biodiversity Action Plan, Joint Nature Conservation Committee