Samla telja is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Samlidae.

[3] This species occurs from the Gulf of California and the Pacific coast of Mexico to Panama.

Samla telja is a flabellinid nudibranch with a translucent white body with a strong rose-pink hue.

It has opaque white spots over the surfaces of the cerata and the back of the body and the sides of the foot.

[4] The description of Orienthella fogata includes a table comparing similar species from Mexico.