''Godiva'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
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s, a
nudibranch
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, a shell-less
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Facelinidae
The Facelinidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of colorful sea slugs. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs.Bouchet, P. (2012). Facelinidae. Accessed through: W ...
.
[WoRMS (2012)]
''Godiva'' Macnae, 1954.
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-05[Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.]
Species
Species within the genus include:
* ''
Godiva brunnea''
Edmunds, 2015
* ''
Godiva quadricolor''
(Barnard, 1927), the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
* ''
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
External links
''Godiva'' at: Nudipixel, accessed 2016-12-20.
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Facelinidae