Navanax

Navanax

Navanax inermis from Catalina Island, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Cephalaspidea
Superfamily:	Philinoidea
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 )

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

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 2 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
↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
↑ ITIS

Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

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