Caloria elegans

Caloria elegans
Caloria elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:	Aeolidioidea
Family:	Facelinidae
Subfamily:	Facelininae
Genus:	Caloria
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
Caloria elegans (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
Synonyms
Acanthopsole quatrefagesi Vayssière 1888 Caloria maculata Trinchese, 1888 (type species) Eolis elegans Alder & Hancock, 1845 (basionym)

Caloria elegans is a species of colorful sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.

Description

The size of the body varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in European waters from the British Isles to the Mediterranean Sea; also off the Canary Islands, the Azores and Madeira.

References

• Alder J. & Hancock A., 1845: Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca; Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16: 311-316
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180-213.

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