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

Runcina africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Runcina*	Forbes, 1851	accepted genus name
*Pelta*	Quatrefages, 1844	synonym

Literature

original description	Pruvot-Fol, A. (1953). Etude de quelques Opisthobranches de la côte Atlantique du Maroc et du Senegal. Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique Chérifien. 5: 1-105.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Ortea J., Moro L. & Bacallado J.J. (2013) Descripción de nuevas especies del género Runcina Forbes & Hanley, 1853 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Runcinacea) de las islas Canarias. Vieraea 41: 35-52. [November 2013]
additional source	Cervera, J. L.; Garci-Gomez, J. C.; Garcia, F. J. (1991). The Genus Runcina Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Opisthobranchia: Cephalaspidea) in the Strait of Gibraltar, with the Description of a New Species from the Bay of Algeciras. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 57(Supplement Part 4): 199-208.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Runcina africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953. 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:141406