Chelidonura

Chelidonura
Chelidonura varians
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Cephalaspidea
Superfamily:	Philinoidea
Family:	Aglajidae
Genus:	Chelidonura A. Adams, 1850
Type species
Bulla hirundinina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Species
See text.

Chelidonura is a genus of small, sometimes colorful, sea slugs. These are headshield slugs or cephalaspideans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aglajidae.^[1]

The two rather long "tails" at the end of the animal are characteristic of the genus.

Species

Species with the genus Chelidonura include:^[2]

• Chelidonura africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953
• Chelidonura alisonae Gosliner, 2011
• Chelidonura amoena Bergh, 1905
• Chelidonura berolina Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
• Chelidonura castanea Yonow, 1994
• Chelidonura cubana Ortea & Martínez, 1997
• Chelidonura electra Rudman, 1970
• Chelidonura flavolobata Heller & Thompson 1983
• Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938
• Chelidonura hirundinina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
• Chelidonura inornata Baba, 1949
• Chelidonura juancarlosi Ortea & Espinosa, 1999
• Chelidonura larramendii Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2009
• Chelidonura leopoldoi Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997
• Chelidonura livida Yonow, 1994 ^[3]
• Chelidonura mandroroa Gosliner, 2011
• Chelidonura mariagordae Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2004
• Chelidonura normani Ornelas-Gatdula, Dupont & Valdés, 2011
• Chelidonura orchidaea Perrone, 1990 ^[4]
• Chelidonura pallida Risbec, 1951 ^[5]
• Chelidonura punctata Eliot, 1903
• Chelidonura sabadiega Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997
• Chelidonura sabina Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
• Chelidonura sandrana Rudman, 1973 ^[6]
• Chelidonura tsurugensis Baba & Abe, 1964
• Chelidonura varians Eliot, 1903 ^[7]
• Chelidonura velutina (Quoy & Gaimard)

Species brought into synonymy 

• Chelidonura aureopunctata Rudman, 1968: synonym of Philinopsis taronga (Allan, 1933)
• Chelidonura babai Gosliner, 1988: synonym of Chelidonura sandrana Rudman, 1973
• Chelidonura conformata Burn, 1966: synonym of Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938
• Chelidonura italica Sordi, 1980: synonym of Chelidonura africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953
• Chelidonura mediterranea Swennen, 1961: synonym of Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938
• Chelidonura nyanyana Edmunds, 1968: synonym of Navanax orbignyanus (Rochebrune, 1881)
• Chelidonura petra Ev. Marcus, 1976: synonym of Spinoaglaja petra (Ev. Marcus, 1976)
• Chelidonura philinopsis Eliot, 1903:^[8] synonym of Chelidonura hirundinina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
• Chelidonura sabadiega Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997: synonym of Odontoglaja sabadiega (Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997)

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Chelidonura A. Adams, 1850. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137638 on 16 June 2012
2. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
3. The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura livida; accessed : 7 February 2011
4. The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura orchidaea; accessed : 7 February 2011
5. The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura pallida; accessed : 7 February 2011
6. The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura sandrana; accessed : 7 February 2011
7. The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura varians; accessed : 7 February 2011
8. The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura philinopsis; accessed : 7 February 2011

• 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

External links

• Data related to Chelidonura at Wikispecies
• The Guardian ; Chelidonura mandroroa; 16 October 2011