original description
(of Hervia lineata Eliot, 1905) Eliot, C.N.E. (1905). On some nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar. Part VI. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1904(2): 268-298, pls 16-17. ["1904"; 1905]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207103 [details]
basis of record
Burn, R. F. (2006). A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 10:1–42., available online at http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/marine/burn_2006.pdf [details]
redescription
Edmunds, M. (1970). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Tanzania. II. Eolidacea (Cuthonidae, Piseinotecidae and Facelinidae). <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society, London.</em> 39: 15-57. [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Eliot described two different species with the epithet lineata in the same paper, Hervia lineata and Facelina lineata. Hervia lineata is this species and Facelina lineata is still a valid combination. [details]