Aeolidia filomenae Kienberger, Carmona, Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2016
(a mollusc)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAeolidia filomenae (a mollusc)
GenusAeolidia (a genus of molluscs)
FamilyAEOLIDIIDAE (a family of sea slugs)
SuperfamilyAEOLIDIOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
InfraorderAeolidida (an infraorder of molluscs)
SuborderDEXIARCHIA (a suborder of molluscs)
OrderNUDIBRANCHIA (sea slugs)
InfraclassOpisthobranchia (opisthobranchs)
SubclassHETEROBRANCHIA (a subclass of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Aeolidia filomenae (a mollusc) :
1: Aeolidia filomenae (a mollusc)
26 Apr 2010 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
in shallow water at low water on 1ft spring tide.
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Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kienberger, K., Carmona, L., Pola, M., Padula, V., Gosliner, T.M. & Cervera, J.L. 2016 Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761) (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia), single species or a cryptic species complex? A morphological and molecular study Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society Vol 177 (3): 481–506.
Willing, M. 2018 Molluscs (Feb 2018) British Wildlife Vol 29 (3): 216-218.

Aeolidia filomenae (a mollusc) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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