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]

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

Species

Species within the genus Facelina include:

References

  1. ^ Alder & Hancock (1855). Monogr. Brit. nudibr. Moll., pt. 7, App., xxii.
  2. ^ Picton B. (22 July 2001). "Facelina coronata or F. auriculata?" Sea Slug Forum, accessed 28 February 2010.
  3. ^ Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8