- Chelidonura
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Chelidonura 
Chelidonura varians Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade CephalaspideaSuperfamily: Philinoidea Family: Aglajidae Genus: Chelidonura
A. Adams, 1850Species See text.
Chelidonura is a genus of small, sometimes colorful, sea slugs. These are headshield slugs or cephalaspideans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aglajidae. [1]
The two rather long "tails" at the end of the animal are characteristic of the genus.
Species
Species with the genus Chelidonura include[2]:
- Chelidonura africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953
- Chelidonura alisonae Gosliner, 2011
- Chelidonura amoena Bergh, 1905
- Chelidonura berolina Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
- Chelidonura castanea Yonow, 1994
- Chelidonura cubana Ortea & Martínez, 1997
- Chelidonura electra Rudman, 1970
- Chelidonura flavolobata Heller & Thompson 1983
- Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938
- Chelidonura hirundinina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- Chelidonura inornata Baba, 1949
- Chelidonura juancarlosi Ortea & Espinosa, 1999
- Chelidonura larramendii Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2009
- Chelidonura leopoldoi Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997
- Chelidonura livida Yonow, 1994 [3]
- Chelidonura mandroroa Gosliner, 2011
- Chelidonura mariagordae Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2004
- Chelidonura orchidaea Perrone, 1990 [4]
- Chelidonura pallida Risbec, 1951 [5]
- Chelidonura philinopsis Eliot, 1903 [6]
- Chelidonura punctata Eliot, 1903
- Chelidonura sabadiega Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997
- Chelidonura sabina Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
- Chelidonura sandrana Rudman, 1973 [7]
- Chelidonura tsurugensis Baba & Abe, 1964
- Chelidonura varians Eliot, 1903 [8]
- Chelidonura velutina ((Quoy & Gaimard)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Chelidonura aureopunctata Rudman, 1968 : synonym of Philinopsis taronga (Allan, 1933)
- Chelidonura conformata Burn, 1966 : synonym of Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938
- Chelidonura italica Sordi, 1980 : synonym of Chelidonura africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953
- Chelidonura mediterranea Swennen, 1961 : synonym of Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938
References
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Chelidonura A. Adams, 1850. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137638 on 2011-02-07
- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura livida; accessed : 7 February 2011
- ^ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura orchidaea; accessed : 7 February 2011
- ^ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura pallida; accessed : 7 February 2011
- ^ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura philinopsis; accessed : 7 February 2011
- ^ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura sandrana; accessed : 7 February 2011
- ^ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura varians; accessed : 7 February 2011
- 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
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