Facelina

Facelina
A live individual of Facelina auriculata, in situ
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: Facelina
Alder & Hancock, 1855[1]
Synonyms
  • Hervia Bergh, 1871
  • Muessa Er. Marcus, 1965

Facelina is a genus of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch in the family Facelinidae. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Facelina include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Alder & Hancock (1855). Monogr. Brit. nudibr. Moll., pt. 7, App., xxii.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-07-23
  3. Picton B. (22 July 2001). "Facelina coronata or F. auriculata?" Sea Slug Forum, accessed 28 February 2010.
  4. Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8

Further reading

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