Chelidonura

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Chelidonura
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Chelidonura varians
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Cohort: Tectipleura
Order: Cephalaspidea
Family: Aglajidae
Genus: Chelidonura
A. Adams, 1850
Type species
Bulla hirundinina
Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Species

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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]

Contents

The two rather long "tails" at the end of the animal are characteristic of the genus.

Species

Species with the genus Chelidonura include: [2]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 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 16 June 2012
  2. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
  3. The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura livida; accessed : 7 February 2011
  4. The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura orchidaea; accessed : 7 February 2011
  5. The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura pallida; accessed : 7 February 2011
  6. The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura sandrana; accessed : 7 February 2011
  7. The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura varians; accessed : 7 February 2011
  8. The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura philinopsis; accessed : 7 February 2011