Caloria elegans

Caloria elegans is a species of colorful sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.

Caloria elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:	Aeolidioidea
Family:	Facelinidae
Subfamily:	Facelininae
Genus:	Caloria
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
Caloria elegans (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Caloria maculata Trinchese, 1888 (type species) Eolis elegans Alder & Hancock, 1845 (basionym)

Taxonomy

Facelina quatrefagesi was considered as a synonym of Caloria elegans, but it is morphologically very similar and different valid species.[2]

Description

The size of the body varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in European waters from the British Isles to the Mediterranean Sea; also off the Canary Islands, the Azores and Madeira.

References

1. Gofas, S. (2004). Caloria elegans. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139906 on 2017-10-07
2. Furfaro G., Mariottini P., Modica M. V., Trainito E., Doneddu M. & Oliverio M. (2016). "Sympatric sibling species: the case of Caloria elegans and Facelina quatrefagesi (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia)". Sci. Mar. 80(4): 511-520. doi:10.3989/scimar.04479.09A.

• Alder J. & Hancock A., 1845: Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca; Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16: 311-316
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213.

External links

• "Caloria elegans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.