Facelina auriculata

Facelina auriculata
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
Species: F. auriculata
Binomial name
Facelina auriculata
(Müller, 1776)[1]
Synonyms

Facelina coronata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839)

Facelina auriculata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch in the family Facelinidae.

Facelina coronata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839) is a synonym of Facelina auriculata.[2]

References

  1. ^ Müller O. F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae. Prodromus seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae ingenarum characteres, nomina et synonyma impris popularium. p. I-XXXII, 1-282.
  2. ^ Picton B. (22 July 2001). "Facelina coronata or F. auriculata?" Sea Slug Forum, accessed 28 February 2010.

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