Babakina

Babakina is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Flabellinoidea.[5]

Babakina
Babakina indopacifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Flabellinoidea
Family:
Flabellinidae
Genus:
Babakina

Roller, 1973[1]
Type species
Babaina festiva Roller, 1972
Diversity[2]
4 species
Synonyms[3]
  • Babainidae Roller, 1972 (inv.)[4]
  • Babaina Roller, 1972 (invalid: junior homonym of Babaina Odhner, 1968; Babakina is a replacement name)
  • Rioselleolis Ortea, 1979

Taxonomy

Babakina is in the subfamily Babakininae within the family Flabellinidae in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, (2005).[3] Babakina is the type genus of the subfamily Babakininae.[3]

Gosliner et al. (2007)[2] have elevated Babakinidae to the family level with the only genus Babakina.

As of 2012, the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) still categorizes this genus in the family Flabellinidae.[5]

Species

There are four species within the genus Babakina:

  • Babakina anadoni (Ortea, 1979)[2]
  • Babakina caprinsulensis (Miller, 1974)[2]
  • Babakina festiva - type species[2]
  • Babakina indopacifica Gosliner, Gonzáles-Duarte & Cervera, 2007[2]

References
  1. Roller R. A. (1 July 1973). The Veliger 16(1): 118.
  2. Gosliner T. M., Gonzáles-Duarte M. M. & Cervera J. L. (2007). "Revision of the systematics of Babakina Roller, 1973 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) with the description of a new species and a phylogenetic analysis". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151(4): 671–689. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00331.x.
  3. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  4. Roller R. A. (1 April) 1972. The Veliger, 14(4): 416.
  5. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Babakina Roller, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181255 on 2012-06-03


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