Tethys fimbria

Tethys fimbria
Tethys fimbria on the sand bottom shows its broad oral hood on the left (the head end) and the body with two rows of spotted cerata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Dendronotacea
Family: Tethydidae
Genus: Tethys
Linnaeus, 1767
Species:
T. fimbria
Binomial name
Tethys fimbria
Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms

Tethys leporina Linnaeus, 1758
Tethys cornigera Macri, 1816
Tethys parthenopeia Macri, 1816
Tethys polyphylla Macri, 1816

Tethys fimbria is a species of predatory sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tethydidae.

ICZN opinion 200 ruled that Tethys fimbria is a valid name and Tethys leporina Linnaeus, 1758 is a synonym.

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