Facelina

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title: "Facelina" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["facelinidae", "gastropod-genera"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/facelinidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facelina" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Facelina_coronata_(Forbes_&_Goodsir,_1839).jpg | image_caption = A live individual of Facelina auriculata, in situ | taxon = Facelina | authority = Alder & Hancock, 1855 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

• Hervia Bergh, 1871
• Muessa Er. Marcus, 1965

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

Species

Species within the genus Facelina include:

• Facelina annulata Macnae, 1954
• Facelina annulicornis (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)
• Facelina auriculata (Müller, 1776) - synonyms: Facelina coronata
• 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
• 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

References

1. Alder & Hancock (1855). ''Monogr. Brit. nudibr. Moll.'', pt. 7, App., xxii.
2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137997 ''Facelina'' Alder & Hancock, 1855.] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-07-23
3. Picton B. (22 July 2001). "''Facelina coronata'' or ''F. auriculata''?" Sea Slug Forum, accessed 28 February 2010.
4. Gosliner, T.M. 1987. ''Nudibranchs of Southern Africa'' {{ISBN. 0-930118-13-8

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