Chelidonura

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Chelidonura
Chelidonura varians
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Cephalaspidea

Superfamily: Philinoidea
Family: Aglajidae
Genus: Chelidonura
A. Adams, 1850
Type species
Bulla hirundinina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Species

See text.

Chelidonura is a genus of small, sometimes colorful, sea slugs. These are headshield slugs or cephalaspideans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aglajidae.[1]

The two rather long "tails" at the end of the animal are characteristic of the genus.

Species

Species with the genus Chelidonura include:[2]

  • Chelidonura africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953
  • Chelidonura alisonae Gosliner, 2011
  • Chelidonura amoena Bergh, 1905
  • Chelidonura berolina Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
  • Chelidonura castanea Yonow, 1994
  • Chelidonura cubana Ortea & Martínez, 1997
  • Chelidonura electra Rudman, 1970
  • Chelidonura flavolobata Heller & Thompson 1983
  • Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938
  • Chelidonura hirundinina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Chelidonura inornata Baba, 1949
  • Chelidonura juancarlosi Ortea & Espinosa, 1999
  • Chelidonura larramendii Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2009
  • Chelidonura leopoldoi Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997
  • Chelidonura livida Yonow, 1994 [3]
  • Chelidonura mandroroa Gosliner, 2011
  • Chelidonura mariagordae Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2004
  • Chelidonura normani Ornelas-Gatdula, Dupont & Valdés, 2011
  • Chelidonura orchidaea Perrone, 1990 [4]
  • Chelidonura pallida Risbec, 1951 [5]
  • Chelidonura punctata Eliot, 1903
  • Chelidonura sabadiega Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997
  • Chelidonura sabina Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
  • Chelidonura sandrana Rudman, 1973 [6]
  • Chelidonura tsurugensis Baba & Abe, 1964
  • Chelidonura varians Eliot, 1903 [7]
  • Chelidonura velutina (Quoy & Gaimard)
Species brought into synonymy 
  • Chelidonura aureopunctata Rudman, 1968: synonym of Philinopsis taronga (Allan, 1933)
  • Chelidonura babai Gosliner, 1988: synonym of Chelidonura sandrana Rudman, 1973
  • Chelidonura conformata Burn, 1966: synonym of Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938
  • Chelidonura italica Sordi, 1980: synonym of Chelidonura africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953
  • Chelidonura mediterranea Swennen, 1961: synonym of Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938
  • Chelidonura nyanyana Edmunds, 1968: synonym of Navanax orbignyanus (Rochebrune, 1881)
  • Chelidonura petra Ev. Marcus, 1976: synonym of Spinoaglaja petra (Ev. Marcus, 1976)
  • Chelidonura philinopsis Eliot, 1903:[8] synonym of Chelidonura hirundinina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Chelidonura sabadiega Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997: synonym of Odontoglaja sabadiega (Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997)

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Chelidonura A. Adams, 1850. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137638 on 16 June 2012
  2. ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  3. ↑ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura livida; accessed : 7 February 2011
  4. ↑ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura orchidaea; accessed : 7 February 2011
  5. ↑ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura pallida; accessed : 7 February 2011
  6. ↑ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura sandrana; accessed : 7 February 2011
  7. ↑ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura varians; accessed : 7 February 2011
  8. ↑ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura philinopsis; accessed : 7 February 2011
  • 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

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