Chelidonura A. Adams 1850

Chelidonura is a genus of small, sometimes colorful, sea slugs. These are headshield slugs or cephalaspideans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aglajidae.^[1]

The two rather long "tails" at the end of the animal are characteristic of the genus.

Species

Species with the genus Chelidonura include:^[2]

Species brought into synonymy

• Chelidonura aureopunctata Rudman, 1968: synonym of Philinopsis taronga (Allan, 1933)
• Chelidonura babai Gosliner, 1988: synonym of Chelidonura sandrana Rudman, 1973
• Chelidonura conformata Burn, 1966: synonym of Biuve fulvipunctata (Baba, 1938)
• Chelidonura italica Sordi, 1980: synonym of Camachoaglaja africana (Pruvot-Fol, 1953)
• Chelidonura larramendii Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2009: synonym of Camachoaglaja larramendii (Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2009)
• Chelidonura mediterranea Swennen, 1961: synonym of Biuve fulvipunctata (Baba, 1938)
• Chelidonura nyanyana Edmunds, 1968: synonym of Navanax orbignyanus (Rochebrune, 1881)
• Chelidonura petra Ev. Marcus, 1976: synonym of Spinoaglaja petra (Ev. Marcus, 1976)
• Chelidonura philinopsis Eliot, 1903:^[8] synonym of Chelidonura hirundinina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
• Chelidonura sabadiega Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997: synonym of Mannesia sabadiega (Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997)

References

• 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