Trinchesia | |
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dorsal view of Trinchesia caerulea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): |
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Tergipedidae |
Genus: |
Trinchesia Ihering, 1879 |
Synonyms | |
Toorna Burn, 1964 |
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Toorna Burn, 1964
Trinchesia was a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tergipedidae. All species were transferred to Tenellia as a result of a DNA phylogeny study in 2016.
Trinchesia species feed on hydroids.
Species in the genus Trinchesia included:
Species names currently considered to be synonyms: