''Trinchesia alpha'' is a
species
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of
sea slug
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, an aeolid
nudibranch
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, a
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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in the
family
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Trinchesiidae.
[Rosenberg, G. (2014). Trinchesia alpha (Baba & Hamatani, 1963). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599244 on 2015-02-20]
Distribution
This species was described from the shore of Kozuchi-jima near the Tamano Marine Laboratory,
Tamano,
Inland Sea of Seto,
Japan
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; it also occurs off
New Zealand
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.
Description
The typical adult size of this species is 13–15 mm.
Photograph of ''Trinchesia alpha'' - Uozu, Toyama Bay.
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References
* Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
External links
Baba, K.; Hamatani, I. (1963). ''A cuthonid, Cuthona alpha n. sp., with a radula of Catriona type (Nudibranchia Eolidoidea).'' Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 11(2): 339-343
Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
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Trinchesiidae
Gastropods described in 1963