Chelidonura is a genus of small, sometimes colorful, sea slugs. These are headshield slugs or cephalaspideans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aglajidae.Oskars T.R., Bouchet P. & Malaquias M.A. (2015). A new phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) based on expanded taxon sampling and gene markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 89: 130-150.
The two rather long "tails" at the end of the animal are characteristic of the genus.
Species Species with the genus Chelidonura include:Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
Chelidonura alisonae Chelidonura amoena Chelidonura castanea Chelidonura cubana Chelidonura electra Chelidonura elegans Chelidonura flavolobata Chelidonura hirundinina †Chelidonura jolkii Chelidonura livida The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura livida; accessed : 7 February 2011 Chelidonura orchidaea The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura orchidaea; accessed : 7 February 2011 Chelidonura pallida The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura pallida; accessed : 7 February 2011 Chelidonura perparva †Chelidonura piserai Chelidonura plebeia Chelidonura punctata Chelidonura sanguinea Chelidonura varians The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura varians; accessed : 7 February 2011
Species brought into synonymy Chelidonura adamsi : synonym of Chelidonura hirundinina Chelidonura africana : synonym of Camachoaglaja africana Chelidonura alexisi : synonym of Mariaglaja alexisi Chelidonura aureopunctata Rudman, 1968: synonym of Philinopsis gigliolii (Tapparone Canefri, 1874) Chelidonura babai Gosliner, 1988: synonym of Mariaglaja tsurugensis (Baba & Abe, 1959) Chelidonura berolina : synonym of Camachoaglaja berolina Chelidonura conformata Burn, 1966: synonym of Biuve fulvipunctata (Baba, 1938) Chelidonura evelinae : synonym of Navanax gemmatus Chelidonura fulvipunctata : synonym of Biuve fulvipunctata Chelidonura inornata : synonym of Mariaglaja inornata Chelidonura italica Sordi, 1980: synonym of Camachoaglaja africana (Pruvot-Fol, 1953) Chelidonura juancarlosi : synonym of Camachoaglaja juancarlosi Chelidonura larramendii Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2009: synonym of Camachoaglaja larramendii (Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2009) Chelidonura leopoldoi : synonym of Camachoaglaja africana Chelidonura mandroroa : synonym of Mariaglaja mandroroa Chelidonura mariagordae : synonym of Camachoaglaja mariagordae Chelidonura mediterranea Swennen, 1961: synonym of Biuve fulvipunctata (Baba, 1938) Chelidonura normani : synonym of Camachoaglaja mariagordae 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:The Sea Slug Forum : Chelidonura philinopsis; accessed : 7 February 2011 synonym of Chelidonura hirundinina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Chelidonura phocae : synonym of Aglaja ocelligera Chelidonura polyalphos : synonym of Navanax polyalphos Chelidonura pusilla : Camachoaglaja pusilla Chelidonura quadrata : synonym of Camachoaglaja quadrata †Chelidonura radwanskii : synonym of †Melanochlamys radwanskii Chelidonura sabadiega Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997: synonym of Mannesia sabadiega (Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997) Chelidonura sabina : synonym of Camachoaglaja sabina Chelidonura tsurugensis : synonym of Mariaglaja tsurugensis Chelidonura velutina : synonym of Chelidonura varians
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
External links
The Guardian; Chelidonura mandroroa; 16 October 2011