Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Ringipleura
SuperOrdo: Nudipleura
Ordo: Nudibranchia
SubOrdo: Cladobranchia
Superfamilia: Dendronotoidea
Familia: Hancockiidae
Genus: Hancockia
Name
Hancockiidae MacFarland, 1923
References
Links
Hancockiidae in the World Register of Marine Species
Hancockiidae is a family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea.
This family is within the clade Cladobranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Taxonomy
The family Hancockiidae has no subfamilies and only one genus. It is closely allied to the family Dotidae.
Genera
The family Hancockiidae has only one valid genus:
Hancockia, the type genus
Govia Trinchese, 1885 is considered to be a synonym and its type species Govia rubra Trinchese, 1885 is considered to be a synonym of Hancockia uncinata, type species of the genus Hancockia.
References
Thompson, T. E., & Brown, G.H., 1984. Biology of opisthobranch Molluscs. Vol. 2. Ray Society; London. 1-229, p.20
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