Godiva (gastropod) explained

Godiva is a genus of sea slugs, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Myrrhinidae.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

Species within the genus include:

• Godiva brunnea Edmunds, 2015
• 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 Nemesignis banyulensis (Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960)
• Godiva japonica (Baba, 1937): synonym of Sakuraeolis japonica (Baba, 1937)
• Godiva modesta (Bergh, 1880): synonym of Sakuraeolis japonica (Baba, 1937)

External links

• Godiva at: Nudipixel, accessed 2016-12-20.

Notes and References

1. 2012 . Godiva Macnae, 1954 . 225512 . 2012-06-05.
2. ICZN. (1966) Opinion 778. Godiva Macnae, 1954 (Gastropoda): Placed on the Official List of Generic Names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 23: 98-99
3. Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.