Cadlina modesta
| Modest cadlina | |
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| Cadlina modesta from Point Pinos, California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Cadlinidae |
| Genus: | Cadlina |
| Species: | C. modesta
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| Binomial name | |
| Cadlina modesta MacFarland, 1966[1]
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Cadlina modesta, common name the modest cadlina, is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cadlinidae.[2]
Distribution[]
This species was described from Point Pinos, California. It is reported from Point Lena, Juneau, Alaska to Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico.[3]
Description[]
The size of the body attains 35 mm.
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References[]
- ^ MacFarland F.M. (1966) Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences VI: 1-546. page(s): 147.
- ^ Gofas, S.; Caballer, M. (2015). Cadlina modesta MacFarland, 1966. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-26.
- ^ Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 79.
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