Facelinidae

Facelinidae
Facelina rubrovittata
Phyllodesmium briareum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:	Aeolidioidea
Family:	Facelinidae Bergh, 1889
Genera and species
See text
Synonyms
Babainidae Roller, 1972 (Invalid) Babakinidae Roller, 1973 Caloriidae Odhner, 1968 Cratenidae Bergh, 1889 Favorinidae Bergh, 1889 Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905 Phidianidae Odhner, 1968 Phyllodesmiidae Thiele, 1931

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida

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

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

Gosliner et al. (2007) have elevated subfamily Babakininae to family level Babakinidae.

Genera and species within the family Facelinidae include:

Subfamily Facelininae

Subfamily Crateninae

Subfamily Favorininae

Subfamily Herviellinae

Subfamily Pteraeolidiinae

Subfamily Incertae sedis

Subfamilies and genera brought into synonymy:

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