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Facelina

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Facelina
A live individual of Facelina auriculata, in situ
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Facelinidae
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

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Species within the genus Facelina include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Facelina agari Smallwood, 1910: synonym of Berghia agari (Smallwood, 1910)
  • Facelina coronata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839): synonym of Facelina auriculata (Müller, 1776) - type species of Facelina
  • Facelina marioni Vayssière, 1888: synonym of Facelinopsis marioni (Vayssière, 1888)
  • Facelina plumosa (Fleming, 1828): synonym of Facelina auriculata (Müller, 1776)
  • Facelina quatrefagesi Vayssière, 1888: synonym of Caloria quatrefagesi (Vayssière, 1888)
  • Facelina sargassicola Bergh, 1861: synonym of Spurilla sargassicola Bergh, 1871
  • Facelina stearnsi: synonym of Austraeolis stearnsi (Cockerell, 1901)
  • Facelina variegata d'Oliveira, 1895: synonym of Berghia verrucicornis (A. Costa, 1867)

References

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  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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  • SEM images of the radula can be found at Thompson, T.E.; Bebbington, A. (1973). "Scanning electron microscope studies of gastropod radulae". Malacologia. 14: 147–165.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (United States). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • 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
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.