Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Runcinida > Superfamily Runcinoidea > Family Runcinidae

Runcina Forbes, 1851

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pelta*	Quatrefages, 1844	synonym; nom. inval.

Children

Runcina adriatica T. E. Thompson, 1980
Runcina africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953
Runcina akaymui Ortea & Moro, 2013
Runcina arnoldoi Ortea & Bacallado, 2013
Runcina aurata García-Gómez, López, Luque & Cervera, 1986
Runcina bahiensis Cervera, García-Gómez & F. J. García, 1991
Runcina banyulensis Schmekel & Cappellato, 2001
Runcina brenkoae T. E. Thompson, 1980
Runcina calaritana Colosi, 1915
Runcina caletensis A. K. Araújo, Pola, Malaquias & Cervera, 2021
Runcina capreensis Mazzarelli, 1893
Runcina carrilloi Ortea & Moro, 2013
Runcina coronata (Quatrefages, 1844)
Runcina cruzi Ortea & Moro, 2013
Runcina elongata Schmekel & Cappellato, 2002
Runcina falciformis Ortea & Rodríguez, 1990
Runcina ferruginea Kress, 1977
Runcina genciana Ortea & Nicieza, 1999
Runcina hansbechi Schmekel & Cappellato, 2001
Runcina hidalgoensis Ortea & Moro, 1999
Runcina hornae Schmekel & Cappellato, 2002
Runcina kressae Schmekel & Cappellato, 2001
Runcina laliae Ortea & Moro, 2013
Runcina langei Schmekel & Cappellato, 2001
Runcina langreo Ortea & Moro, 2022
Runcina lupiaensis A. K. Araujo, Pola, Malaquias, Vitale & Cervera, 2023
Runcina lusitanica A. K. Araújo, Pola, Malaquias & Cervera, 2019
Runcina macrodenticulata García-Gómez & López de la Cuadra, 1990
Runcina marcosi A. K. Araújo, Pola, Malaquias & Cervera, 2019
Runcina medanensis Ortea & Moro, 1999
Runcina morenoi Ortea, Moro & Bacallado, 2020
Runcina nivalis Schmekel & Cappellato, 2001
Runcina ornata (Quatrefages, 1844)
Runcina pacoi Ortea, Bacallado & Caballer, 2014
Runcina palominoi Ortea & Moro, 1999
Runcina paupera Ortea & Á. Valdés, 1990
Runcina rotunda Schmekel & Cappellato, 2002
Runcina tingensis A. K. Araújo, Pola, Malaquias & Cervera, 2021
Runcina zavodniki T. E. Thompson, 1980

Literature

original description	Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls.
additional source	Schmekel, L. & Cappellato, D. (2001). Contributions to the Runcinidae. 1. Six new species of the genus Runcina (Opisthobranchia Cephalaspidea) in the Mediterranean. Vie et Milieu. 51(3): 141-160.
additional source	Schmekel L. & Cappellato D. (2002). Contributions to the Runcinidae. II. Three new species and comparative studies on five established species of Runcina (Opisthobranchia Cephalaspidea) in the Mediterranean. Vie et Milieu 52 (2-3): 86-102
additional source	Thompson, T. E. & Brodie, G. (1988). Eastern Mediterranean Opistobranchia: Runcinidae (Runcinacea), with a review of runcinid classification and a description of a new species from Fiji. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 54: 339-346.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Runcina Forbes, 1851. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138462