Godiva (gastropod)
| Godiva | |
|---|---|
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| Godiva quadricolor laying eggs | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Subfamily: | Favorininae |
| Genus: | Godiva Macnae, 1954 |
| Type species | |
| Hervia quadricolor Barnard, 1927 | |
Godiva is a genus of sea slugs, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Facelinidae.[1]
Species
Species within the genus include:
- Godiva quadricolor (Barnard, 1927), the type species
- Godiva rachelae Rudman, 1980
- Godiva rubrolineata Edmunds, 1964
- Species brought into synonymy
- Godiva banyulensis (Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960): synonym of Dondice banyulensis Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960
- Godiva japonica (Baba, 1937): synonym of Sakuraeolis japonica (Baba, 1937)
- Godiva modesta (Bergh, 1880): synonym of Godiva japonica (Baba, 1937)
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2012). Godiva Macnae, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225512 on 2012-06-05
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
External links
- http://www.nudipixel.net/genus/godiva/
- Opinion 778. Godiva Macnae, 1954 (Gastropoda): Placed on the Official List of Generic Names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 23: 98-99