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Taxonomy
Family:
AGLAJIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Philinoidea (Superfamily)
> Aglajidae (Family)
> Chelidonura (Genus)
> hirundinina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hirundella Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Bulla hirundinina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Chelidonura adamsi Angas, 1867
=Chelidonura philinopsis Eliot, 1903
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Taxonomy
Family:
AGLAJIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Philinoidea (Superfamily)
> Aglajidae (Family)
> Chelidonura (Genus)
> hirundinina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hirundella Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Bulla hirundinina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Chelidonura adamsi Angas, 1867
=Chelidonura philinopsis Eliot, 1903
Details: Chelidonura hirundinina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 40mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, Indo-West Pacific
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Willan, R.C. 1999 A survey of the Opsithobranchia (Sea Slugs) of Heron and Wistari Reefs, Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden (p.20)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil