Babakina

Babakina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:	Aeolidioidea
Family:	Babakinidae Roller, 1973
Genus:	Babakina Roller, 1973^[1]
Diversity
4 species^[2]
Synonyms^[4]
Babainidae Roller, 1972 (inv.)^[3]

Babakina is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Aeolidioidea.

Taxonomy

Babakina is in the subfamily Babakininae within the family Facelinidae in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).^[4] Babakina is the type genus of the subfamily Babakininae.^[4]

Gosliner et al. (2007)^[2] have elevated Babakinidae to the family level with the only genus Babakina.

There are four species within the genus Babakina:

^ Roller R. A. (1 July 1973). The Veliger 16(1): 118.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Gosliner T. M., Gonzáles-Duarte M. M. & Cervera J. L. (2007). "Revision of the systematics of Babakina Roller, 1973 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) with the description of a new species and a phylogenetic analysis". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151(4): 671-689. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00331.x.
^ Roller R. A. (1 April) 1972. The Veliger, 14(4): 416.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst.