Parhedyle cryptophthalma
Species of gastropod
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Parhedyle cryptophthalma is a species of sea slug, an acochlidian, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Parhedylidae.
| Parhedyle cryptophthalma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Parhedylidae |
| Genus: | Parhedyle |
| Species: | P. cryptophthalma |
| Binomial name | |
| Parhedyle cryptophthalma (Westheide & Wawra, 1974)[1] | |
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.[2]
Ecology
Parhedyle cryptophthalma is marine and is a mesopsammic species, in other words, these very small slugs live in the interstitial spaces of marine sands.[2]
