Babakina
| Babakina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platelmito |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Flabellinoidea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Babakina Roller, 1973[1] |
| Type species | |
| Babaina festiva Roller, 1972 | |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 4 species | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Babakina is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Flabellinoidea.[5]
Taxonomy
Babakina is in the subfamily Babakininae within the family Flabellinidae in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, (2005).[3] Babakina is the type genus of the subfamily Babakininae.[3]
Gosliner et al. (2007)[2] have elevated Babakinidae to the family level with the only genus Babakina.
As of 2012, the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) still categorizes this genus in the family Flabellinidae [5]
Species
There are four species within the genus Babakina:
- Babakina anadoni (Ortea, 1979)[2]
- Babakina caprinsulensis (Miller, 1974) [2]
- Babakina festiva - type species[2]
- Babakina indopacifica Gosliner, Gonzáles-Duarte & Cervera, 2007[2]
References
- ↑ Roller R. A. (1 July 1973). The Veliger 16(1): 118.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
- 1 2 3 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 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ↑ Roller R. A. (1 April) 1972. The Veliger, 14(4): 416.
- 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Babakina Roller, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181255 on 2012-06-03
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