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Tylodina perversa

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Tylodina perversa
A live individual of Tylodina perversa, head end towards the top
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T. perversa
Binomial name
Tylodina perversa
(Gmelin, 1791)

Tylodina perversa, common names the "yellow tylodina" or "yellow umbrella slug", is a species of sea snail or false limpet, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Tylodinidae.

This opisthobranch has a limpet-like shell which is composed primarily of protein, not calcium carbonate.

Distribution

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This species of false limpet occurs in the northeastern Atlantic including the British Isles and the Mediterranean Sea.

Ecology

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T. perversa feeds on the sponge species Aplysina aerophoba.

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