Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00240
Tenellia nakapila
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About Tenellia nakapila
Sea Slugs of Hawaiʻi explicitly includes Kauaʻi; two 2023 community observations corroborate the expert account.
Fresh WoRMS/MolluscaBase query returned Tenellia nakapila accepted (AphiaID 1783802).
Expert account reports rocky areas at 1.5-19 m.
Authoritative expert distribution plus shallow habitat and modern corroboration validate current occurrence at yellow confidence. Strict current-status reconciliation: downgraded to historical because no dated authoritative recent Kauaʻi voucher or survey was inspected.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Tenellia nakapila
- Other names
- Tenellia nakapila
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Authoritative Kauaʻi occurrence is established, but the authoritative source is historical or undated; later community observations are corroborative only and do not establish present-day persistence.
- Origin
- Origin not inferred from occurrence census
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence limits
- Occurrence category and evidence are source-bounded. Abundance, trend, and living status are not inferred beyond the reviewed evidence.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Marine reef and nearshore
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Tenellia nakapila is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Authoritative expert distribution plus shallow habitat and modern corroboration validate current occurrence at yellow confidence. Strict current-status reconciliation: downgraded to historical because no dated authoritative recent Kauaʻi voucher or survey was inspected.