Navanax

Navanax is a genus of sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aglajidae.[1]

Navanax
Navanax inermis
from Catalina Island, California
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Cephalaspidea
Family: Aglajidae
Genus: Navanax
Pilsbry, 1895
Type species
Strategus inermis J.G. Cooper, 1863
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Navarchus J.G. Cooper, 1863 (Invalid: junior homonym of Navarchus Filippi & Verany, 1859 [Pisces]; Navanax is a replacement name)
  • Posterobranchaea d'Orbigny, 1835
  • Strategus J.G. Cooper, 1863 (Invalid: junior homonym of Strategus Kirby & Spence, 1828 [Coleoptera]; Navarchus J.G. Cooper, 1863 and Navanax Pilsbry, 1895 are replacement names )

Species

Species in the genus Navanax include:[2][3]

  • Navanax aenigmaticus (Bergh, 1893) - mysterious aglaja
  • Navanax gemmatus (Mörch, 1863)
  • Navanax inermis (J. G. Cooper, 1863) - California aglaja
  • Navanax orbignyanus (Rochebrune, 1881)
  • Navanax polyalphos (Gosliner & Williams, 1972)

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Navanax. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224591 on 2012-05-17
  2. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  3. ITIS
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
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