Caloria

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Caloria
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Caloria indica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Facelinidae
Genus: Caloria
Trinchese, 1888 [1]
Type species
Caloria maculataTrinchese, S., 1888

Caloria is a genus of colorful sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae. [2]

Species

Species within the genus include:

Species which are currently transferred to other genera, or synonyms:

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References

  1. ↑ Trinchese S. (1888). Mem. Accad. Sci. Bologna (4)9: 87.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Caloria Trinchese, 1888. Accessed on 2018-02-17
  3. ↑ Gofas, S. (2010). Caloria elegans (Alder & Hancock, 1845). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-01-08
  4. ↑ Gofas, S. (2010). Caloria indica (Bergh, 1896). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-01-08
  5. 1 2 Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN   0-930118-13-8
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