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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Ringipleura
Superordo: Nudipleura
Ordo: Nudibranchia
Subordo: Cladobranchia
Superfamilia: Aeolidioidea

Familia: Facelinidae
Subfamiliae (5): Crateninae – Facelininae – Favorininae – Herviellinae – Pteraeolidiinae
Overview of genera (31)

Adfacelina – Algarvia – Amanda – Anetarca – Antonietta – Austraeolis – Bajaeolis – BurnaiaCaloriaCratena – Dicata – Echinopsole – Emarcusia – Facelina – Facelinopsis – Favorinus – Hermosita – Herviella – Jason – Learchis – Moridilla – Myja – Nanuca – Noumeaella – Palisa – Pauleo – Phidiana – Pruvotfolia – Pteraeolidia – Sakuraeolis – Setoeolis
Name

Facelinidae Bergh, 1889
Synonyms

Caloriidae Odhner, 1968
Cratenidae Bergh, 1889
Favorinidae Bergh, 1889
Phidianidae Odhner, 1968
Phyllodesmiidae Thiele, 1931

References
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Facelinidae in the World Register of Marine Species

The Facelinidae are a taxonomic family of colorful sea slugs. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs.[2][3]

Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy

This family consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):[3]

Facelininae Bergh, 1889[1] - synonyms: Caloriidae Odhner, 1968; Phidianidae Odhner, 1968; Pruvotfoliinae Tardy, 1970
Babakininae Roller, 1973[4] - synonym: Babainidae Roller, 1972 (inv.)[5]
Crateninae Bergh, 1889[6] - synonym: Rizzoliinae Odhner, 1939 (inv.)
Favorininae Bergh, 1889[7] - synonyms: Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905; Phyllodesmiinae Thiele, 1931; Facalaninae Er. Marcus, 1958[8]
Herviellinae Burn, 1967[9]
Pteraeolidiinae Risbec, 1953[10]

2007 taxonomy

Gosliner et al. (2007)[11] have elevated subfamily Babakininae to family level Babakinidae.
Genera

Genera and species within the family Facelinidae include:

Subfamily Facelininae

Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855 - type genus of the family Facelinidae
Caloria Trinchese, 1888
Facelinopsis Pruvot-Fol, 1954
Facelinopsis marioni (Vayssière, 1888)
Facelinopsis pacodelucia Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2014
Moridilla Bergh, 1888 (nomen dubium)
Moridilla brockii (nomen dubium)
Pruvotfolia Tardy, 1969
Pruvotfolia longicirrha (Eliot, 1906)
Pruvotfolia pselliotes (Labbé, 1923)
Pruvotfolia rochebruni Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2002

Subfamily Crateninae

Amanda Macnae, 1954
Cratena Bergh, 1864 - type genus of the subfamily Crateninae

Subfamily Favorininae

Dicata Schmekel, 1967
Favorinus M.E. Gray, 1850 - type genus of the subfamily Favorininae
Sakuraeolis Baba, 1965

Subfamily Herviellinae

Herviella Baba, 1949 - type genus of the subfamily Herviellinae

Subfamily Pteraeolidiinae

Pteraeolidia Bergh, 1875 - type genus of the subfamily Pteraeolidiinae

Subfamily Incertae sedis

Adfacelina Millen & Hermosillo, 2012
Adfacelina medinai Millen & Hermosillo, 2012
Algarvia Garcia-Gomez & Cervera, 1989
Algarvia alba Garcia-Gomez & Cervera, 1989
Anetarca Gosliner, 1991
Anetarca armata Gosliner, 1991
Anetarca brasiliana García & Troncoso, 2004[12]
Anetarca piutaensis (Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003)
Antonietta Schmekel, 1966
Austraeolis Burn, 1962
Bajaeolis Gosliner & Behrens, 1986
Bajaeolis bertschi Gosliner & Behrens, 1986
Echinopsole Macnae, 1954
Echinopsole breviceratae Burn, 1962
Echinopsole fulvus Macnae, 1954
Emarcusia Roller, 1972
Emarcusia morroensis Roller, 1972
Hermosita Gosliner & Behrens, 1986
Hermosita hakunamatata (Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003)
Hermosita sangria Gosliner & Behrens, 1986
Jason Miller, 1974
Learchis Bergh, 1896
Nanuca Er. Marcus, 1957[13]
Nanuca sebastiani Er. Marcus, 1957
Noumeaella Risbec, 1937
Palisa Edmunds, 1964
Palisa papillata Edmunds, 1964
Pauleo Millen & Hamann, 1992
Pauleo jubatus Millen & Hamann, 1992
Phidiana Gray, 1850
Setoeolis Baba & Hamatani 1965
Setoeolis inconspicua (Baba, 1938)

Subfamilies and genera brought into synonymy:

Acanthopsole Trinchese, 1874: synonym of Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855
Ennoia Bergh, 1896: synonym of Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831
Subfamily Facalaninae: synonym of Favorininae
Facelinella Pruvot-Fol, 1951: synonym of Facelinopsis Pruvot-Fol, 1954
Facelinella Baba, 1949: synonym of Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855
Matharena Bergh in Mörch, 1871: synonym of Favorinus M. E. Gray, 1850
Morildilla [sic] : synonym of Moridilla Bergh, 1888
Muessa Er. Marcus, 1965: synonym of Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855
Subfamily Pruvotfoliinae: synonym of Facelininae
Rizzolia Trinchese, 1877: synonym of Cratena Bergh, 1864
Rolandia Pruvot-Fol, 1951 invalid: junior homonym of Rolandia Lacaze-Duthiers, 1900: synonym of Pruvotfolia Tardy, 1969
Subfamily Rizzoliinae: synonym of Crateninae

References

Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Prodromus Faunae Mediterraneae, volume 2, Brachiostomata, Mollusca, Tunicata, Vertebrata. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 854 pp. Facelininae is on the page 213.
Bouchet, P. (2012). Facelinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=191 on 2012-07-22
Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
Roller R. A. (1 July 1973). The Veliger 16(1): 118.
Roller R. A. (1 April) 1972. The Veliger, 14(4): 416.
Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Crateninae is on the page 209.
Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Favorininae is on the page 212.
Marcus E. G. G. (August) 1958. American Museum Novitates, 1906: 59-60.
Burn. (31 December) 1967. Malacologia, 6(1-2): 228.
Risbec. 1953. Faune de l'Union Française, 15: 161.
Gosliner T. M., Gonzáles-Duarte M. M. & Cervera J. L. (2007). "Revision of the systematics of Babakina Roller, 1973 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) with the description of a new species and a phylogenetic analysis". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151(4): 671-689. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00331.x.
Francisco J. Garcia; Jesus S. Troncoso (2004). "A new species of the genus Anetarca Gosliner 1991 (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Facelinidae) from the Western Atlantic Ocean". The Nautilus. 118 (4): 139–143.

WoRMS (2010). Nanuca Marcus, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-05

Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
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