Chelidonura is a genus of small, sometimes colorful, sea slugs. These are headshield slugs or cephalaspideans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aglajidae.
The two rather long "tails" at the end of the animal are characteristic of the genus.
Species
Species with the genus Chelidonura include:
- Chelidonura alisonae Gosliner, 2011
- Chelidonura amoena Bergh, 1905
- Chelidonura castanea Yonow, 1994
- Chelidonura cubana Ortea & MartÃÂnez, 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
- Chelidonura mariagordae Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2004
- Chelidonura normani Ornelas-Gatdula, Dupont & Valdés, 2011
- Chelidonura orchidaea Perrone, 1990
- Chelidonura pallida Risbec, 1951
- Chelidonura punctata Eliot, 1903
- Chelidonura sandrana Rudman, 1973
- Chelidonura varians Eliot, 1903
Species brought into synonymy:
- Chelidonura aureopunctata <small>Rudman, 1968</small>: synonym of Philinopsis taronga <small>(Allan, 1933)</small>
- Chelidonura babai <small>Gosliner, 1988</small>: synonym of Chelidonura sandrana <small>Rudman, 1973</small>
- Chelidonura conformata <small>Burn, 1966</small>: synonym of Biuve fulvipunctata <small>(Baba, 1938)</small>
- Chelidonura italica <small>Sordi, 1980</small>: synonym of Camachoaglaja africana <small>(Pruvot-Fol, 1953)</small>
- Chelidonura larramendii <small>Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2009</small>: synonym of Camachoaglaja larramendii <small>(Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2009)</small>
- Chelidonura mediterranea <small>Swennen, 1961</small>: synonym of Biuve fulvipunctata <small>(Baba, 1938)</small>
- Chelidonura nyanyana <small>Edmunds, 1968</small>: synonym of Navanax orbignyanus <small>(Rochebrune, 1881)</small>
- 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 Mannesia sabadiega (Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997)
References
- 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. 180âÂÂ213
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