Facelinidae

Facelinidae
	From left to right in each row, from top to bottom: Cratena peregrina, Facelina rubrovittata, Pteraeolidia ianthina, and Herviella albida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Aeolidacea
Superfamily:	Aeolidioidea
Family:	Facelinidae; Bergh, 1889
Genera
	See Taxonomy
Synonyms
	Caloriidae Odhner, 1968; Cratenidae Bergh, 1889; Favorinidae Bergh, 1889; Phidianidae Odhner, 1968; Phyllodesmiidae Thiele, 1931;

The Facelinidae is a family of aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs.^[2]^[3]

Taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005, this family contains the following subfamilies:^[3]

Facelininae Bergh, 1889^[1] - synonyms: Caloriidae Odhner, 1968; Phidianidae Odhner, 1968; Pruvotfoliinae Tardy, 1970
Babakininae Roller, 1973^[4] - synonym: Babainidae Roller, 1972 (inv.)^[5]
Crateninae Bergh, 1889^[6] - synonym: Rizzoliinae Odhner, 1939 (inv.)
Favorininae Bergh, 1889^[7] - synonyms: Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905; Phyllodesmiinae Thiele, 1931; Facalaninae Er. Marcus, 1958^[8]
Herviellinae Burn, 1967^[9]
Pteraeolidiinae Risbec, 1953^[10]

In 2007, Gosliner and colleagues elevated the subfamily Babakininae to family Babakinidae.^[11]

According to Korshunova and colleagues (2025), the following genera are recognised in the family Aeolidiidae:^[12]

Adfacelina Millen & Hermosillo, 2012
Algarvia Garcia-Gomez & Cervera, 1989
Amanda Macnae, 1954
Anetarca Gosliner, 1991^[13]
Antonietta Schmekel, 1966
Austraeolis Burn, 1962
Bajaeolis Gosliner & Behrens, 1986
Burnaia Miller, 2001
Caloria Trinchese, 1888
Cratena Bergh, 1864
Dicata Schmekel, 1967
Echinopsole Macnae, 1954
Emarcusia Roller, 1972
Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855
Facelinopsis Pruvot-Fol, 1954
Hermosita Gosliner & Behrens, 1986
Herviella Baba, 1949
Janssonius Ortea and Moro, 2022
Jason Miller, 1974
Learchis Bergh, 1896
Moridilla Bergh, 1888
Myja Bergh 1896
Noumeaella Risbec, 1937
Palisa Edmunds, 1964
Pauleo Millen & Hamann, 1992
Phidiana Gray, 1850
Pruvotfolia Tardy, 1969
Pteraeolidia Bergh, 1875
Sakuraeolis Baba, 1965
Setoeolis Baba & Hamatani 1965

References

1 2 Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Prodromus Faunae Mediterraneae, volume 2, Brachiostomata, Mollusca, Tunicata, Vertebrata. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 854 pp. Facelininae is on the page 213.
1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Facelinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=191 on 2012-07-22
1 2 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)
↑ Roller R. A. (1 July 1973). The Veliger 16(1): 118.
↑ Roller R. A. (1 April) 1972. The Veliger, 14(4): 416.
↑ Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Crateninae is on the page 209.
↑ Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Favorininae is on the page 212.
↑ Marcus E. G. G. (August) 1958. American Museum Novitates, 1906: 59-60.
↑ Burn. (31 December) 1967. Malacologia, 6(1-2): 228.
↑ Risbec. 1953. Faune de l'Union Française, 15: 161.
↑ Gosliner T. M., Gonzáles-Duarte M. M. & Cervera J. L. (2007). "Revision of the systematics of Babakina Roller, 1973 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) with the description of a new species and a phylogenetic analysis". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151(4): 671-689. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00331.x.
↑ Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (1 August 2025). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.
↑ Francisco J. Garcia; Jesus S. Troncoso (2004). "A new species of the genus Anetarca Gosliner 1991 (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Facelinidae) from the Western Atlantic Ocean". The Nautilus. 118 (4): 139–143. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2009.

Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
http://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 18 November 2009
http://www.seaslugforum.net accessed 18 November 2009

[Bergh1889-1] 1 2 Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Prodromus Faunae Mediterraneae, volume 2, Brachiostomata, Mollusca, Tunicata, Vertebrata. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 854 pp. Facelininae is on the page 213.

[WoRMS-2] 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Facelinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=191 on 2012-07-22

[Bouchet_2005-3] 1 2 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)

[4] Roller R. A. (1 July 1973). The Veliger 16(1): 118.

[5] Roller R. A. (1 April) 1972. The Veliger, 14(4): 416.

[6] Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Crateninae is on the page 209.

[7] Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Favorininae is on the page 212.

[8] Marcus E. G. G. (August) 1958. American Museum Novitates, 1906: 59-60.

[9] Burn. (31 December) 1967. Malacologia, 6(1-2): 228.

[10] Risbec. 1953. Faune de l'Union Française, 15: 161.

[Gosliner_2007-11] Gosliner T. M., Gonzáles-Duarte M. M. & Cervera J. L. (2007). "Revision of the systematics of Babakina Roller, 1973 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) with the description of a new species and a phylogenetic analysis". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151(4): 671-689. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00331.x.

[Korshunova_et_al2025-12] Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (1 August 2025). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.

[Anetarca-13] Francisco J. Garcia; Jesus S. Troncoso (2004). "A new species of the genus Anetarca Gosliner 1991 (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Facelinidae) from the Western Atlantic Ocean". The Nautilus. 118 (4): 139–143. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2009.

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Facelinidae

Taxonomy

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References