The Facelinidae are a taxonomic family of colorful sea slugs. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs.[2][3]
Facelinidae | |
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Facelina rubrovittata | |
Phyllodesmium briareum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
Family: | Facelinidae Bergh, 1889[1] |
Genera and species | |
See text | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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This family consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):[3]
Gosliner et al. (2007)[11] have elevated subfamily Babakininae to family level Babakinidae.
Genera and species within the family Facelinidae include:
Subfamily Facelininae
Subfamily Crateninae
Subfamily Favorininae
Subfamily Herviellinae
Subfamily Pteraeolidiinae
Subfamily Incertae sedis
Subfamilies and genera brought into synonymy: