Trinchesia scintillans is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Trinchesiidae |
| Genus: | Trinchesia |
| Species: | T. scintillans
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| Binomial name | |
| Trinchesia scintillans (M. C. Miller, 1977)
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand.[2]
References
edit- ^ Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Trinchesia scintillans (M. C. Miller, 1977). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599247 on 2017-12-07
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Sep 11) Cuthona scintillans from New Zealand. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- Gosliner T.M. (1981) A new species of tergipedid nudibranch from the coast of California. Journal of Molluscan Studies 47: 200-205
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch