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Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855 
AphiaID: 137997

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dexiarchia (Suborder) > Aeolidida (Infraorder) > Aeolidioidea (Superfamily) > Facelinidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Facelinidae Bergh, 1889
Synonymised
taxa		  Facelinella Baba, 1949
 Hervia Bergh, 1871
 Muessa Er. Marcus, 1965
Source  basis of record: 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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Facelina agari Smallwood, 1910
Species Facelina annulicornis (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)
Species Facelina auriculata (Müller, 1776)
Species Facelina bilineata Hirano & Ito, 1998
Species Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838)
Species Facelina coenda Er. Marcus, 1958
Species Facelina dubia (Pruvot-Fol, 1948)
Species Facelina fusca Schmekel, 1966
Species Facelina goslingii A. E. Verrill, 1901
Species Facelina hartleyi Burn, 1962
Species Facelina lugubris (Bergh, 1882)
Species Facelina newcombi (Angas, 1864)
Species Facelina quadrilineata (Baba, 1930)
Species Facelina quatrefagesi Vayssière, 1888
Species Facelina rhodopos Yonow, 2000
Species Facelina rubrovittata (Costa A., 1866)
Species Facelina rutila Pruvot-Fol, 1951
Species Facelina variegata d'Oliveira, 1895
Species Facelina vicina (Bergh, 1882)
Species Facelina zhejiangensis Lin & You, 1990

Species Facelina coronata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839) accepted as Facelina auriculata (Müller, 1776)
Species Facelina lineata Eliot, 1905 accepted as Cratena lineata (Eliot, 1905)
Species Facelina marioni Vayssière, 1888 accepted as Facelinopsis marioni (Vayssière, 1888)
Species Facelina plumosa (Fleming, 1828) accepted as Facelina auriculata (Müller, 1776)
Species Facelina sargassicola Bergh, 1861 accepted as Spurilla sargassicola (Bergh, 1861)
Species Facelina stearnsi Cockerell, 1901 accepted as Austraeolis stearnsi (Cockerell, 1901)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Authority: The genusname Facelina is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 775) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137997
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2005-04-15 07:47:28Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2006-03-22 08:02:13Z  changed  Wambiji, Nina
2010-10-17 12:13:23Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137997 on 2013-06-19
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