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==Description==
==Description==
The snail is purple colored, with a dark purple mantle. On the back foot it has two dark purple lines. Gills are orange. Adult specimens are about 10-16 mm long. They feed on sponges.
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==Ecology==
==Ecology==

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Thorunna kahuna
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T. kahuna
Binomial name
Thorunna kahuna
Johnson R.F. & Gosliner, 2001

Thorunna kahuna is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]

Distribution

Description

The snail is purple colored, with a dark purple mantle. On the back foot it has two dark purple lines. Gills are orange. Adult specimens are about 10-16 mm long. They feed on sponges.

Ecology

References

  1. ^ Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2001) Two new species of Thorunna Bergh 1878 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the Indo-Pacific. Bollettino Malacologico 37 (5-8): 143-150. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457656 on 2012-02-25