Coryphellina exoptata
Species of gastropod
title: "Coryphellina exoptata" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["gastropods-described-in-1991", "flabellinidae"] description: "Species of gastropod" topic_path: "general/gastropods-described-in-1991" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coryphellina_exoptata" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary 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.
Distribution
This species was described from Madang, Papua New Guinea. Coryphellina exoptata is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific.
Description
Coryphellina exoptata is typically about 30 mm in length when mature but can reach 48 mm.
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References
References
- Gosliner, T. M., & Richard C. Willan. 1991. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/134482#page/132/mode/1up Review of the Flabellinidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidacea) from the tropical Indo-Pacific, with the descriptions of five new species.] ''Veliger'' 34(2):97-133.
- Rudman, W.B., 1999 (February 15) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/flabexop ''Flabellina exoptata'' Gosliner & Willan, 1991.] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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