Tenellia, A. Costa, 1866

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, Zootaxa 4359 (1), pp. 1-133 : 104

Tenellia sp.

( Figure 33 C )

Material examined. Two specimens. MB28-004905, MIF, 3m, 29mm (dissected); ZMBN105111, VIAIR, 16 May 2015, 3m, 24mm, collected by Y. Tibiriçá & M. Malaquias.

Habitats. Tropical seagrass and coral bommies.

Occurrences. Mozambique Island and Vamizi Island

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Oman, Tanzania (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.

Remarks. The radula is typical of the genus. This species appears to be undescribed and it is illustrated by Gosliner et al. (2015) and sequenced by Cella et al. (2016). Nevertheless, further studies are needed to confirm its identification and geographic range.

Figures

FIGURE 33. A, Tenellia ornata (MB28-005014). B, Tenellia sibogae (MB28-004405). C, Tenellia sp. (MB28-004905). D, Unidentia angelvaldesi (MB28-004987). E, Anteaeolidiella cf. fijensis (MB28-004746). F–G, Baeolidia moebii (MNCN15.05/ 63447 and MB28-004756, respectively). H, Baeolidia variabilis (MB28-004739). I–J Bulbaeolidia alba (MB28-004466 and MB28-004744, respectively).K, Cerberilla affinis (ZMBN105582). L, Cerberilla africana(ZMBN105109).