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Chelidonura

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Aglajidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Philinoidea

Scientific name
  
Chelidonura

Higher classification
  
Aglajidae

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Lower classifications
  
Chelidonura varians, Chelidonura hirundinina, Chelidonura amoena, Chelidonura inornata, Chelidonura pallida

Chelidonura varians


Chelidonura is a genus of small, sometimes colorful, sea slugs. These are headshield slugs or cephalaspideans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aglajidae.

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Chelidonura Chelidonura hirundinina main page

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

Blue line nudibranch eating flat worms red planaria chelidonura varians


Species

Species with the genus Chelidonura include:

Species brought into synonymy 
Chelidonura Opisthobranch of the Week is Chelidonura pallida

  • Chelidonura aureopunctata Rudman, 1968: synonym of Philinopsis taronga (Allan, 1933)
  • Chelidonura babai Gosliner, 1988: synonym of Chelidonura sandrana Rudman, 1973
  • 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
  • Chelidonura nyanyana Edmunds, 1968: synonym of Navanax orbignyanus (Rochebrune, 1881)
  • Chelidonura petra Ev. Marcus, 1976: synonym of Spinoaglaja petra (Ev. Marcus, 1976)
  • Chelidonura philinopsis Eliot, 1903: synonym of Chelidonura hirundinina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Chelidonura sabadiega Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997: synonym of Odontoglaja sabadiega (Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997)

    • Chelidonura Chelidonura hirundinina

    Chelidonura The Sea Slug Forum Chelidonura varians

    Chelidonura Spotted Swallowtail Slug Chelidonura alisonae

    References

    Chelidonura Wikipedia
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