Adfacelina
| Adfacelina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Genus: | Adfacelina Millen & Hermosillo, 2012 |
| Species: | A. medinai
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| Binomial name | |
| Adfacelina medinai Millen & Hermosillo, 2012[1]
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Adfacelina medinai is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2] It is the only species in the genus Adfacelina.[3]
Distribution
This species was described from Islas Marietas, Bahía de Banderas, Mexico.[1]
References
- ^ a b Millen S. & Hermosillo A. 2012. Three new species of aeolid nudibranchs (Opisthobranchia) from the Pacific coast of Mexico, Panama and the Indopacific, with a redescription and redesignation of a fourth species. The Veliger, 51(3): 145-164.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2015). Adfacelina medinai Millen & Hermosillo, 2012. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 December 2015]
- ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Adfacelina Millen & Hermosillo, 2012". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
Further reading
- Behrens, D. W., & Alicia Hermosillo. 2005. Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 119 as Facelina sp. 1.