Hancockia (gastropod) explained

Hancockia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks 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

• 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

Notes and 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