Coryphellina exoptata
Species of gastropod
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Coryphellina exoptata, which can be translated as the much-desired flabellina or desirable flabellina, common name “Cole’s nudibranch”, is a species of colourful sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Coryphellina |
| Species: | C. exoptata |
| Binomial name | |
| Coryphellina exoptata Gosliner & Willan, 1991[1] | |
Distribution
This species was described from Madang, Papua New Guinea.[1] Coryphellina exoptata is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific.[2]
