Verconia

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Verconia
Noumea romeri.jpg
A live individual of Verconia romeri, in situ , head end towards the lower left
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Verconia
Pruvot-Fol, 1931 [1]
Type species
Verconia verconis
Basedow & Hedley, 1905
Synonyms

NoumeaRisbec, 1928

Verconia is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae. [2]

The host sponges for species in this genus are sponges in the genera Darwinella and Dendrilla .

NoumeaRisbec, 1928 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) is a junior homonym of NoumeaFauvel, 1874 (Arthropoda: Coleoptera), a name in current use. VerconiaPruvot-Fol, 1931 was recognized as a synonym of NoumeaRisbec by Johnson & Gosliner (2012) and is here used for species of the chromodoridid group previously known as Noumea. [2] [3]

Species

Species in the genus Verconia include: [2] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Species brought into synonymy:

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<i>Verconia purpurea</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Goniobranchus</i> Genus of gastropods

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References

  1. Pruvot-Fol A. (1931-1932). Notes de systématique sur les opisthobranches. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. ser. 2, 3(3): 308-316 [March 1931]; 3(8): 746-755 [1932]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/244728#page/316/mode/1up
  2. 1 2 3 MolluscaBase (2018). Verconia Pruvot-Fol, 1931. Accessed on 2018-12-25.
  3. Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
  4. Rudman W. B. (1984). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81(2/3): 115-273. pages: 137.
  5. Rudman W.B. (1988). The Chromodorididae (Ophistobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus Ceratosoma J.E. Gray. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 93 (1): 133-185. page(s): 181
  6. Rudman W. B. & Darvell B. W. (1990). "Opisthobranch molluscs of Hong Kong: Part 1. Goniodorididae, Onchidorididae, Triophidae, Gymnodorididae, Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia)". Asian Marine Biology 7: 31-79. pages: 54.
  7. Rudman W. B. (1990). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 263-326. pages: 295, 298.
  8. Gosliner T. M. (1994). "New species of Chromodoris and Noumea (Nudibranch: Chromodorididae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Southern Africa". Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 12 48:239-252