Phidiana | |
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Phidiana adiuncta | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Facelinidae |
Genus: | Phidiana Gray, 1850 [1] |
Type species | |
Eolidia patagonica d'Orbigny, 1836 |
Phidiana is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae. [2]
Species within the genus Phidiana include:
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