original description
Forbes, E. & Goodsir, J. (1839). Notice of zoological researches in Orkney and Shetland during the month of June 1839. <em>The Athenaeum.</em> 618: 647. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 647 [details]
basis of record
Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature ICZN opinion 775: type species by original designation of Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855 [details]