Chelidonura
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| Chelidonura | |
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| Chelidonura varians | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subterclass: | Tectipleura |
| Order: | Cephalaspidea |
| Family: | Aglajidae |
| Genus: | Chelidonura A. Adams, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Bulla hirundinina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 | |
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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.
