Flabellina affinis is a species of sea slug within the clade of aeolid nudibranch; a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Mediterranean Violet Aeolid being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Paraflabellina ischitana
- Edmundsella pedata
- Coryphellina aurora
- Unidentia aliciae
- Coryphellina lotos
- Coryphellina arveloi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Flabellinidae
- Genus
- Flabellina
- Species
- Flabellina affinis
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