Tylodina fungina
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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 Science 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