Facelina olivacea
Facelina olivacea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
Family: | Facelinidae |
Subfamily: | Facelininae |
Genus: | Facelina |
Species: | F. olivacea |
Binomial name | |
Facelina olivacea Macnae, 1954[1] | |
Facelina olivacea is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Table Bay Harbour and Saldanha, Western Cape, South Africa.[1] It is endemic to the Cape Province of South Africa.[3] It has also been found at Knysna and Jeffrey's Bay, Eastern Cape on the Indian Ocean coast.[4]
References
- 1 2 MacNae, William. 1954. On some eolidacean nudibranchiate molluscs from South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 13(1):1-50, pls. 1-2.
- ↑ Sartori, André F. (2015). Facelina olivacea Macnae, 1954. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-25
- ↑ Willan, R. (2015) Facelina olivacea. At Nudipixel.net.
- ↑ Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa. ISBN 0-930118-13-8. Page 121.
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