Facelinidae

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Family of gastropods

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::summary Family of gastropods ::

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

The Facelinidae are a taxonomic family of colorful sea slugs. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs.

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

This family consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

  • Facelininae Bergh, 1889 - synonyms: Caloriidae Odhner, 1968; Phidianidae Odhner, 1968; Pruvotfoliinae Tardy, 1970
  • Babakininae Roller, 1973 - synonym: Babainidae Roller, 1972 (inv.)
  • Crateninae Bergh, 1889 - synonym: Rizzoliinae Odhner, 1939 (inv.)
  • Favorininae Bergh, 1889 - synonyms: Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905; Phyllodesmiinae Thiele, 1931; Facalaninae Er. Marcus, 1958
  • Herviellinae Burn, 1967
  • Pteraeolidiinae Risbec, 1953

2007 taxonomy

Gosliner et al. (2007) have elevated subfamily Babakininae to family level Babakinidae.

Genera

Genera and species within the family Facelinidae include: Subfamily Facelininae

Subfamilies and genera brought into synonymy:

  • Acanthopsole Trinchese, 1874: synonym of Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855
  • Ennoia Bergh, 1896: synonym of Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831
  • Subfamily Facalaninae: synonym of Favorininae
  • Facelinella Pruvot-Fol, 1951: synonym of Facelinopsis Pruvot-Fol, 1954
  • Facelinella Baba, 1949: synonym of Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855
  • Matharena Bergh in Mörch, 1871: synonym of Favorinus M. E. Gray, 1850
  • Morildilla [sic] : synonym of Moridilla Bergh, 1888
  • Muessa Er. Marcus, 1965: synonym of Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855
  • Subfamily Pruvotfoliinae: synonym of Facelininae
  • Rizzolia Trinchese, 1877: synonym of Cratena Bergh, 1864
  • Rolandia Pruvot-Fol, 1951 invalid: junior homonym of Rolandia Lacaze-Duthiers, 1900: synonym of Pruvotfolia Tardy, 1969
  • Subfamily Rizzoliinae: synonym of Crateninae

References

  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
  • http://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 18 November 2009
  • http://www.seaslugforum.net accessed 18 November 2009

References

  1. Bergh R. 1889. In: [[Julius Victor Carus. Carus J. V.]] ''Prodromus Faunae Mediterraneae'', volume 2, Brachiostomata, Mollusca, Tunicata, Vertebrata. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 854 pp. Facelininae is on the [https://archive.org/stream/prodromusfaunaem02caru#page/212/mode/2up 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 2005
  4. [[Richard A. Roller. Roller R. A.]] (1 July 1973). ''The Veliger'' '''16'''(1): 118.
  5. [[Richard A. Roller. Roller R. A.]] (1 April) 1972. The Veliger, 14(4): 416.
  6. Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Crateninae is on the [https://archive.org/stream/prodromusfaunaem02caru#page/208/mode/2up page 209].
  7. Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Favorininae is on the [https://archive.org/stream/prodromusfaunaem02caru#page/212/mode/2up page 212].
  8. [[Ernst Gustav Gotthelf Marcus. 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. (2004). "A new species of the genus Anetarca Gosliner 1991 (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Facelinidae) from the Western Atlantic Ocean". The Nautilus.
  13. WoRMS (2010). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415678 ''Nanuca'' Marcus, 1957.] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-05

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