Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890) is a animal in the Coryphellidae family, order Nudibranchia, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890)

Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890)

Coryphella trophina is a predaceous North Pacific aeolid nudibranch sea slug in the family Coryphellidae.

Family
Genus
Coryphella
Order
Nudibranchia
Class
Gastropoda

About Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890)

Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890), commonly called the predaceous aeolis, is a species of sea slug. It is classified as an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc that belongs to the family Coryphellidae. Flabellina fusca, a name this species was previously widely known by, is a junior synonym of Coryphella trophina. This species is common in British Columbia, and its range extends through the North Pacific to Alaska and the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Coryphellidae Coryphella

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