Coryphella albomarginata

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Coryphella albomarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Superorder: Heterobranchia Order: Opisthobranchia Suborder: Nudibranchia Superfamily: Aeolidioidea Family: Flabellinidae Genus: Coryphella Species: P. albomarginata
Binomial name
Coryphella albomarginata Miller, 1971

Coryphella albomarginata is a species of very small sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.

Contents 1 Distribution 2 Habitat 3 Description 4 References

[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This nudibranch has been found on coarse broken shell at depths of about 10 m.

[edit] Description

This species is small and slender, white to transparent, with reddish-orange or carmine diverticula. Its length is up to 14 mm.

[edit] References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1