Biology:Facelina olivacea

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Facelina olivacea
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Facelinidae
Genus: Facelina
Species:
F. olivacea
Binomial name
Facelina olivacea

Facelina olivacea is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Table Bay Harbour and Saldanha, Western Cape, South Africa .[2] 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. Sartori, André F. (2015). Facelina olivacea Macnae, 1954. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-25
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  3. Willan, R. (2015) Facelina olivacea. At Nudipixel.net.
  4. Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa. ISBN:0-930118-13-8. Page 121.

Wikidata ☰ Q22284940 entry