Facelina olivacea
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | F. olivacea
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Facelina olivacea is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Table Bay Harbour and Saldanha, Western Cape, South Africa.[1] 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
- ^ a b MacNae, William. 1954. On some eolidacean nudibranchiate molluscs from South Africa.[permanent dead link ] Annals of the Natal Museum 13(1):1-50, pls. 1-2.
- ^ Sartori, André F. (2015). Facelina olivacea Macnae, 1954. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-25
- ^ Willan, R. (2015) Facelina olivacea. Archived 2017-10-22 at the Wayback Machine At Nudipixel.net.
- ^ Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa. ISBN 0-930118-13-8. Page 121.