Hancockia (gastropod)

Hancockia
Hancockia californica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Dendronotacea
Family: Hancockiidae
Genus: Hancockia
Gosse, 1877
Synonyms
  • Govia Trinchese, 1885
  • Iduliana O'Donoghue, 1932

Hancockia is a genus of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks or sea slugs, in the family Hancockiidae.[1]

Species

  • Hancockia burni Thompson, 1972
  • Hancockia californica MacFarland, 1923
  • Hancockia papillata (O'Donoghue, 1932)
  • Hancockia ryrca Er. Marcus, 1957
  • Hancockia schoeferti Schrödl, 1999
  • Hancockia uncinata (Hesse, 1872)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Hancockia eudactylota Gosse, 1877: synonym of Hancockia uncinata (Hesse, 1872)

References

  1. ^ Gofas, S. (2004). Hancockia Gosse, 1877. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138057 on 2016-05-21
  • Gosse P. H., 1877: On Hancockia eudactylota, a genus and species of mollusks supposed to be new ; Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 20: 316-319
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213