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Herviella albida Baba, 1966

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Herviella albida Baba, 1966
Name authority
Baba, 1966
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Facelinidae
Genus
Herviella
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumMollusca
  4. classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
  5. subclassHeterobranchia Burmeister, 1837
  6. infraclassEuthyneura Spengel, 1881
  7. subterclassRingipleura
  8. superorderNudipleura Wägele & Willan, 2000
  9. orderNudibranchia Cuvier, 1817
  10. suborderAeolidina Eliot, 1910
  11. superfamilyAeolidioidea J. E. Gray, 1827
  12. familyFacelinidae Bergh, 1889
  13. genusHerviella Baba, 1949
  14. speciesHerviella albida Baba, 1966

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Herviella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Herviella affinis Baba, 1960FacelinidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Herviella africana Edmunds, 1970FacelinidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Herviella claror Burn, 1963FacelinidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 17 records assigned to Facelinidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Baba, K. (1966). Record of Herviella albida n. sp. from Seto, Kii, Japan (Nudibranchia - Eolidoidea). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 13. https://doi.org/10.5134/175418 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3L3VY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.