''Aeolidia'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
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nudibranch
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Aeolidiidae
Aeolidiidae, a family of aeolid nudibranchs, are a family of sea slugs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusc
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Aeolidia'' include:
* ''
Aeolidia campbelli'' (Cunningham, 1871)
* ''
Aeolidia collaris'' Odhner, 1921
* ''
Aeolidia filomenae'' Kienberger, Carmona, Pola, Padula, Gosliner, and Cervera, 2016
* ''
Aeolidia herculea'' Bergh, 1894
*''
Aeolidia libitinaria'' Valdés, Lundsten & N. G. Wilson, 2018
* ''
Aeolidia loui'' Kienberger, Carmona, Pola, Padula, Gosliner, and Cervera, 2016
* ''
Aeolidia papillosa
''Aeolidia papillosa'', known as the common grey sea slug, is a species of nudibranch in the family Aeolidiidae.Gofas, S''Aeolidia papillosa''.In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), 26 July 2017.
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'' (Linnaeus, 1761)
[Gofas, S. (2010). ''Aeolidia papillosa'' (Linnaeus, 1761). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138709 on 2010-12-18]
;Taxa inquirenda:
* ''Aeolidia bella''
(Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) (taxon inquirendum)
* ''Aeolidia pelseneeri''
Risbec, 1937
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Aeolidia edmondsoni'' Ostergaard, 1955: synonym of ''
Phestilla lugubris'' (Bergh, 1870)
* ''Aeolidia farallonensis'' Gosliner and Behrens, 1996: synonym of ''
Aeolidia herculea'' Bergh, 1894
* ''Aeolidia grandis'' Volodchenko, 1941: synonym of ''
Aeolidia herculea'' Bergh, 1894
* ''Aeolidia helicochorda'' M. C. Miller, 1988: synonym of ''
Burnaia helicochorda'' (M. C. Miller, 1988)
* ''Aeolidia poindimiei'' Risbec, 1928: synonym of ''
Phyllodesmium poindimiei'' (Risbec, 1928)
* ''Aeolidia serotina'' Bergh, 1873: synonym of ''
Aeolidia campbelli'' (Cunningham, 1871)
* ''Aeolidia verrucosa'' M. Sars, 1829: synonym of ''
Flabellina verrucosa'' (M. Sars, 1829)
References
* Backeljau, T. (1986). ''Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België
'' Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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Aeolidiidae
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier