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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Ringipleura
Superordo: Nudipleura
Ordo: Nudibranchia
Subordo: Cladobranchia
Superfamilia: Aeolidioidea

Familia: Facelinidae
Genus: Facelina
Species:
Name

Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855: appendix xxii
References

ICZN 1966: Opinion 775. Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855 (Gastropoda): added to the official list of generic names. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 23(2/3): 91–92. BHL

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Facelina is a genus of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch in the family Facelinidae.[2]
Species

Species within the genus Facelina include:

Facelina annulata Macnae, 1954
Facelina annulicornis (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)
Facelina auriculata (Müller, 1776) - synonyms: Facelina coronata[3]
Facelina bilineata Hirano & Ito, 1998
Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838)
Facelina carmelae Moro & Ortea, 2015
Facelina coenda Er. Marcus, 1958
Facelina dubia (Pruvot-Fol, 1948)
Facelina fragilis (Risbec, 1928)
Facelina fusca Schmekel 1966
Facelina goslingii A. E. Verrill, 1901
Facelina hartleyi Burn, 1962
Facelina lineata Eliot, 1905
Facelina lugubris (Bergh, 1882)
Facelina newcombi (Angas, 1864)
Facelina olivacea Macnae, 1954[4]
Facelina quadrilineata (Baba, 1930)
Facelina rhodopos Yonow, 2000
Facelina rubrovittata (Costa A., 1866)
Facelina rutila Pruvot-Fol, 1951
Facelina schwobi (Labbé, 1923)
Facelina vicina (Bergh, 1882)
Facelina zhejiangensis Lin & You, 1990

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

Alder & Hancock (1855). Monogr. Brit. nudibr. Moll., pt. 7, App., xxii.
Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-07-23
Picton B. (22 July 2001). "Facelina coronata or F. auriculata?" Sea Slug Forum, accessed 28 February 2010.

Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8

Further reading

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.

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