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Facelinidae

The Facelinidae is a family of aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs.

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Facelinidae
From left to right in each row, from top to bottom: Cratena peregrina, Facelina rubrovittata, Pteraeolidia ianthina, and Herviella albida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Superfamily: Aeolidioidea
Family: Facelinidae
Bergh, 18891
Genera

See Taxonomy

Synonyms2
  • Caloriidae Odhner, 1968
  • Cratenidae Bergh, 1889
  • Favorinidae Bergh, 1889
  • Phidianidae Odhner, 1968
  • Phyllodesmiidae Thiele, 1931

The Facelinidae is a family of aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs.23

Taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005, this family contains the following subfamilies:3

  • Facelininae Bergh, 18891 - synonyms: Caloriidae Odhner, 1968; Phidianidae Odhner, 1968; Pruvotfoliinae Tardy, 1970
  • Babakininae Roller, 19734 - synonym: Babainidae Roller, 1972 (inv.)5
  • Crateninae Bergh, 18896 - synonym: Rizzoliinae Odhner, 1939 (inv.)
  • Favorininae Bergh, 18897 - synonyms: Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905; Phyllodesmiinae Thiele, 1931; Facalaninae Er. Marcus, 19588
  • Herviellinae Burn, 19679
  • Pteraeolidiinae Risbec, 195310

In 2007, Gosliner and colleagues elevated the subfamily Babakininae to family Babakinidae.11

According to Korshunova and colleagues (2025), the following genera are recognised in the family Aeolidiidae:12

See also

See also

References

References

  1. Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Prodromus Faunae Mediterraneae, volume 2, Brachiostomata, Mollusca, Tunicata, Vertebrata. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 854 pp. Facelininae is on the page 213.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Facelinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=191 on 2012-07-22
  3. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  4. Roller R. A. (1 July 1973). The Veliger 16(1): 118.
  5. Roller R. A. (1 April) 1972. The Veliger, 14(4): 416.
  6. Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Crateninae is on the page 209.
  7. Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Favorininae is on the page 212.
  8. Marcus E. G. G. (August) 1958. American Museum Novitates, 1906: 59-60.
  9. Burn. (31 December) 1967. Malacologia, 6(1-2): 228.
  10. Risbec. 1953. Faune de l'Union Française, 15: 161.
  11. Gosliner T. M., Gonzáles-Duarte M. M. & Cervera J. L. (2007). "Revision of the systematics of Babakina Roller, 1973 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) with the description of a new species and a phylogenetic analysis". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151(4): 671-689. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00331.x.
  12. Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (1 August 2025). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.
  13. Francisco J. Garcia; Jesus S. Troncoso (2004). "A new species of the genus Anetarca Gosliner 1991 (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Facelinidae) from the Western Atlantic Ocean". The Nautilus. 118 (4): 139–143. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2009.