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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subterclass: | Tectipleura |
| Order: | Cephalaspidea |
| Family: | Aglajidae |
| Genus: | Chelidonura A. Adams, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Bulla hirundinina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
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The two rather long "tails" at the end of the animal are characteristic of the genus.
Species
editSpecies with the genus Chelidonura include:[2]
- Chelidonura alisonae Gosliner, 2011
- Chelidonura amoena Bergh, 1905
- Chelidonura castanea Yonow, 1994
- Chelidonura cubana Ortea & Martínez, 1997
- Chelidonura electra Rudman, 1970
- Chelidonura flavolobata Heller & Thompson 1983
- Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938
- Chelidonura hirundinina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- Chelidonura inornata Baba, 1949
- Chelidonura livida Yonow, 1994 [3]
- Chelidonura mariagordae Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2004
- Chelidonura normani Ornelas-Gatdula, Dupont & Valdés, 2011
- Chelidonura orchidaea Perrone, 1990 [4]
- Chelidonura pallida Risbec, 1951 [5]
- Chelidonura punctata Eliot, 1903
- Chelidonura sandrana Rudman, 1973 [6]
- Chelidonura varians Eliot, 1903 [7]
- Species brought into synonymy
- 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 Biuve fulvipunctata (Baba, 1938)
- Chelidonura italica Sordi, 1980: synonym of Camachoaglaja africana (Pruvot-Fol, 1953)
- Chelidonura larramendii Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2009: synonym of Camachoaglaja larramendii (Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2009)
- Chelidonura mediterranea Swennen, 1961: synonym of Biuve 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:[8] synonym of Chelidonura hirundinina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- Chelidonura sabadiega Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997: synonym of Mannesia sabadiega (Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997)
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura livida; accessed : 7 February 2011
- ^ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura orchidaea; accessed : 7 February 2011
- ^ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura pallida; accessed : 7 February 2011
- ^ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura sandrana; accessed : 7 February 2011
- ^ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura varians; accessed : 7 February 2011
- ^ The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura philinopsis; accessed : 7 February 2011
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
External links
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