Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Cladobranchia > Superfamily Aeolidioidea > Family Facelinidae > Genus Facelina

Facelina auriculata (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Facelina*	Alder & Hancock, 1855	accepted genus name
*Montagua*	J. Fleming, 1822	junior homonym
*Acanthopsole*	Trinchese, 1874	synonym
*Hervia*	Bergh, 1871	synonym

Species group names

*Doris auriculata*	O. F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Doris longicornis*	Montagu, 1808	synonym
*Eolidia coronata*	Forbes & Goodsir, 1839	synonym
*Eolidia plumosa*	J. Fleming, 1828	synonym
*Facelina coronata*	(Forbes & Goodsir, 1839)	synonym
*Facelina plumosa*	(J. Fleming, 1828)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gekroonde ringsprietslak; slanke ringsprietslak

English: slender facelina sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Schlanke Fadenschnecke

Literature

taxonomy source	Martynov, A.; Mehrotra, R.; Chavanich, S.; Nakano, R.; Kashio, S.; Lundin, K.; Picton, B.; Korshunova, T. (2019). The extraordinary genus Myja is not a tergipedid, but related to the Facelinidae s. str. with the addition of two new species from Japan (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). ZooKeys. 818: 89-116.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Facelina auriculata (O. F. Müller, 1776). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153375