Belongs within: Aeolidacea.
The Facelinidae are a group of elongate, slender nudibranchs characterised by a uniseriate radula with teeth bearing a prominent cusp and lateral denticles.
<==Facelinidae [Facelinacea]
|--Herviella Baba 1949 [Herviellidae, Herviellinae]BR05
| `--*H. yatsui (Baba 1930) [=Cratena yatsui]BR17
|--Pteraeolidia Bergh 1875 [Pteraeolidiidae, Pteraeolidiinae, Pteraeolidinae]BR05
| |--*P. semperi (Bergh 1870) [=Flabellina semperi]BR17
| `--P. ianthina (Angas 1864)WBS-S15
|--Cratena Bergh 1864 [=Rizzolia Trinchese 1877 (nom. rej.); Cratenidae, Crateninae, Rizzoliinae]BR05
| |--*C. peregrina (Gmelin 1791) [=Doris peregrina, *Rizzolia peregrina]BR17
| |--C. aurantiacaR64
| |--C. concinnaR64
| |--C. pilataF68
| `--C. stipata [=Eolis stipata]F27
|--Favorininae [Favorinidae]BR05
| |--Myrrhine Bergh 1905 [Myrrhinidae]BR05
| | `--*M. longicirra Bergh 905BR17
| |--Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg 1831 [Phyllodesmiacea, Phyllodesmiidae, Phyllodesmiinae]BR05
| | |--*P. hyalinum Ehrenberg 1831BR17
| | |--P. briareum Bergh 1896WBS-S15
| | |--P. colemani Rudman 1991WBS-S15
| | `--P. magnum Rudman 1991WBS-S15
| |--Facalana Bergh 1888 [Facalaninae]BR05
| | `--*F. pallida Bergh 1888BR17
| `--Favorinus Gray 1850BR05
| |--*F. albus (Alder & Hancock 1844) [=Eolis alba]BR17
| |--F. branchialis (Rathke 1806)H01
| `--F. ghanensis Edmunds 1968LB12
`--FacelininaeBR05
|--Pruvotfolia Tardy 1969BR05, KM17 [Pruvotfoliinae]
| `--*P. pselliotes (Labbé 1923) [=Facelina pselliotes]BR17
|--Caloria Trinchese 1888 [Caloriidae]BR05
| |--*C. maculata Trinchese 1888BR17
| `--C. militaris (Alder & Hancock 1864) [=Eolis militaris; incl. Learchis indica Bergh 1896]BH77
|--Facelina Alder & Hancock 1855BR05
| |--*F. coronata (Forbes & Goodsir 1839)P61, H01 [=Eolis coronataBR17, Eolida coronataP61]
| |--F. bostoniensis (Couthouy 1838)H01
| `--F. quatrefagesi (Vayssière 1888)KM17
`--Phidiana Gray 1850 [Phidianidae]BR05
|--*P. patagonica (d’Orbigny 1836) [=Eolidia patagonica]BR17
|--P. crassicornisCH97
|--P. ianthina (Angas 1864)BW09
|--P. indica (Bergh 1896)BW09
|--P. lynceus Bergh 1867H01
`--P. milleriHS01
Facelinidae incertae sedis:
Godiva Macnae 1954KM17
`--G. quadricolor (Barnard 1927) [=Hervia quadricolor]HJ08
Antonietta Schmekel 1966BH77
|--*A. luteorufaBH77
`--A. janthina Baba & Hamatani 1977BH77
Palisa Edmunds 1964KM17
`--P. papillata Edmunds 1964BH77
Sakuraeolis Baba 1965KM17
`--S. enosimensis (Baba 1930)KM17
Adfacelina Millen & Hermosillo 2012KM17
Algarvia Garcia-Gomez & Cervera 1990KM17
Amanda Macnae 1954KM17
Anetarca Gosliner 1991KM17
Austraeolis Burn 1962KM17
Bajaeolis Gosliner & Behrens 1986KM17
Burnaia Miller 2001KM17
Echinopsole Macnae 1954KM17
Emarcusia Roller 1972KM17
Facelinopsis Pruvot-Fol 1954KM17
Dicata Schmekel 1967KM17
Dondice Marcus 1958KM17
Hermissenda Bergh 1879KM17
`--H. crassicornis (Eschscholtz 1831)BT77
Hermosita Gosliner & Behrens 1986KM17
Jason Miller 1974KM17
Learchis Bergh 1896KM17
`--L. poica Marcus & Marcus 1960BH77
Moridilla Bergh 1888KM17
`--M. brockii Bergh 1888WBS-S15
Nanuca Marcus 1957KM17
Noumeaella Risbec 1937KM17
Pauleo Millen & Hamann 1992KM17
Setoeolis Baba & Hamatani 1965KM17
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[BT77] Behrens, D. W., & M. Tuel. 1977. Notes on the opisthobranch fauna of south San Francisco Bay. Veliger 20 (1): 33–36.
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[CH97] Castro, P., & M. E. Huber. 1997. Marine Biology 2nd ed. WCB McGraw-Hill: Boston.
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[KM17] Korshunova, T., A. Martynov, T. Bakken, J. Evertsen, K. Fletcher, I. W. Mudianta, H. Saito, K. Lundin, M. Schrödl & B. Picton. 2017. Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 717: 1–139.
[LB12] Luque, Á. A., A. Barrajón, J. M. Remón, D. Moreno & L. Moro. 2012. Marginella glabella (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Marginellidae): a new alien species from tropical West Africa established in southern Mediterranean Spain through a new introduction pathway. Marine Biodiversity Records 5: e17.
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[R64] Russell, H. D. 1964. New England nudibranch notes. Nautilus 78 (2): 37–42.
[WBS-S15] Willan, R. C., C. Bryce & S. M. Slack-Smith. 2015. Kimberley marine biota. Historical data: molluscs. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 84: 287–343.