Facelina quatrefagesi

Facelina quatrefagesi
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
Genus:	Facelina
Species:	F. quatrefagesi
Binomial name
	Facelina quatrefagesi; (Vayssière, 1888)[1]
Synonyms
	Acanthopsole quatrefagesi Vayssière, 1888

Facelina quatrefagesi is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]

Taxonomy

Caloria elegans is morphologically very similar to Facelina quatrefagesi.[3] Facelina quatrefagesi was considered as a synonym of Caloria elegans, but they are recognized as separate valid species now.[3]

Distribution

This species was described from the Rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.[1]

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 15 mm.[4]

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References

Vayssière A. (1888). Recherches zoologiques et anatomiques sur les mollusques opisthobranches du Golfe de Marseille pt. 2. Nudibranches (Cirrobranches) et Ascoglosses. Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille 3 (4): 1-160.
Gofas, S. (2014). Facelina quatrefagesi (Vayssière, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-14
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)". Scientia Marina 80(4): 511-520. doi:10.3989/scimar.04479.09A.
João Pedro Silva OPK 2015. Facelina quatrefagesi (Portugal)

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[orig-1] Vayssière A. (1888). Recherches zoologiques et anatomiques sur les mollusques opisthobranches du Golfe de Marseille pt. 2. Nudibranches (Cirrobranches) et Ascoglosses. Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille 3 (4): 1-160.

[2] Gofas, S. (2014). Facelina quatrefagesi (Vayssière, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-14

[Furfaro_2016-3] 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)". Scientia Marina 80(4): 511-520. doi:10.3989/scimar.04479.09A.

[4] João Pedro Silva OPK 2015. Facelina quatrefagesi (Portugal)