Chelidonura | |
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Chelidonura varians | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Heterobranchia |
Clade: | Euthyneura |
Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
Order: | Cephalaspidea |
Family: | Aglajidae |
Genus: |
Chelidonura A. Adams, 1850 |
Type species | |
Bulla hirundinina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 |
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Species | |
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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 with the genus Chelidonura include: