Hancockiidae
Hancockiidae is a family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Dendronotida |
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| Family: | Hancockiidae |
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.
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