Tylodina perversa
| Tylodina perversa | |
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| A live individual of Tylodina perversa, head end towards the top | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
| Family: | Tylodinidae |
| Genus: | Tylodina |
| Species: | T. perversa
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylodina perversa (Gmelin, 1791)
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Tylodina perversa, common names the "yellow tylodina" or "yellow umbrella slug", is a species of sea snail or false limpet, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Tylodinidae.
This opisthobranch has a limpet-like shell which is composed primarily of protein, not calcium carbonate.
Distribution
[edit]This species of false limpet occurs in the northeastern Atlantic including the British Isles and the Mediterranean Sea.
Ecology
[edit]T. perversa feeds on the sponge species Aplysina aerophoba.
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Tylodina perversa on the Aplysina aerophoba, in Ližnjan, Croatia -
Spiral egg ribbon of the Tylodina perversa, in Ližnjan, Croatia -
Close-up of the Tylodina perversa, in Ližnjan, Croatia
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Photos of Tylodina perversa in the Sealife Collection
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