Tylodina fungina

Tylodina fungina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Euopisthobranchia; clade Umbraculida
Superfamily:	Umbraculoidea
Family:	Tylodinidae
Genus:	Tylodina
Species:	T. fungina
Binomial name
	Tylodina fungina; Gabb, 1865

Tylodina fungina is a species of sea snail or false limpet, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Tylodinidae.

Ecology

Tylodina fungina feeds only on Aplysina gerardogreeni according to the in situ observations on the Pacific coast of Mexico.^[2] It is specialized on this sponge.^[2]

References

^ Gabb W. M. (1865). "Description of new species of marine shells from the coast of California". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 3: 182-190.
^ ^a ^b Verdín Padilla C. J., Carballo J. L. & Camacho M. L. (2010). "A qualitative assessment of sponge-feeding organisms from the Mexican Pacific Coast". Open Marine Biology Journal 4: 39–46. PDF Archived 2016-10-27 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Gabb W. M. (1865). "Description of new species of marine shells from the coast of California". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 3: 182-190.

[Verdín_2010-2] Verdín Padilla C. J., Carballo J. L. & Camacho M. L. (2010). "A qualitative assessment of sponge-feeding organisms from the Mexican Pacific Coast". Open Marine Biology Journal 4: 39–46. PDF Archived 2016-10-27 at the Wayback Machine

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