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Coryphella falklandica

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Coryphella falklandica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Coryphellidae
Genus: Coryphella
Species:
C. falklandica
Binomial name
Coryphella falklandica
Eliot, 1907[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Flabellina falklandica (Eliot, 1907)
  • Itaxia falklandica (Eliot, 1907)

Coryphella falklandica is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Coryphellidae.[3]

Distribution

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This species was described from the Falkland Islands. It has been reported from Chiloé Island, Chile, South Georgia and Crozet Islands.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Eliot, C.N.E., 1907. Nudibranchs from New Zealand and the Falkland Islands. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7(6):327-361, pl. 28.
  2. ^ Bouchet, Philippe (2022). "Coryphella falklandica". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  3. ^ Caballer, M.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Flabellina falklandica (Eliot, 1907). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-27
  4. ^ Schrödl M. (2003) Sea slugs of Southern South America. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 165 pp. page(s): 74
  5. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2007 (March 13) Flabellina falklandica (Eliot, 1907). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.