Trinchesia beta

Trinchesia beta is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.^[2]

Trinchesia beta
Trinchesia beta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Superfamily:	Fionoidea
Family:	Trinchesiidae
Genus:	Trinchesia
Species:	T. beta
Binomial name
Trinchesia beta (Baba & Abe, 1964)[1]
Synonyms
Catriona beta Baba & Abe, 1964 Cuthona beta (Baba & Abe, 1964) Tenellia beta (Baba & Abe, 1964)

Distribution

This species was described from the vicinity of the Noto marine laboratory, Ogi, Toyama Bay with additional specimens from Kannonzaki and Tsukumo Bay, Hosu-gun, Noto-cho, Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is also reported from Kurasaki Beach, Amami Ōshima.^[3]

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 4–10 mm.^[3]