Facelinidae

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

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

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

Genera and species within the family Facelinidae include:

Subfamily Facelininae

Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855 - type genus of the family Facelinidae

Caloria Trinchese, 1888

Facelinopsis Pruvot-Fol, 1954

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