Godiva (gastropod)

Godiva is a genus of sea slugs, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Facelinidae.[2][3][4]

Godiva
Godiva cf. quadricolor laying eggs
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Facelinidae
Subfamily:
Favorininae
Genus:
Godiva

Macnae, 1954[1]
Type species
Hervia quadricolor
Barnard, 1927

Species

Species within the genus include:

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)
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References
  1. MacNae, William. 1954. On some eolidacean nudibranchiate molluscs from South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 13(1):1-50, pls. 1-2.
  2. WoRMS (2012). Godiva Macnae, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-05
  3. ICZN. (1966) Opinion 778. Godiva Macnae, 1954 (Gastropoda): Placed on the Official List of Generic Names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 23: 98-99
  4. Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Godiva at: Nudipixel, accessed 2016-12-20.
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