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British Columbia Aeolid

Tenellia columbiana

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) sea_shellby, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

27 photos

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Washington.January 15, February 13, March 15, April 20, May 25, June 19, July 15, August 15, September 15, October 14, November 12, December 14.
United States257
Washington191
Canada132
British Columbia132
Oregon41
California25

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderNudibranchs · Nudibranchia
FamilyTrinchesiidae
GenusTenellia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise British Columbia Aeolid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.