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 ferruginea Kress, 1977

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	Kress, A. (1977). Runcina ferruginea n. sp., a new Runcinid from Great Britain. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 57: 201-211.
basis of record	Araujo, A. K., Pola, M., Malaquias, M. A. E., Vitale, F. & Cervera, J. L. (2023). Integrative taxonomy reveals that not all European reddish runcinids are the same: the case of the Runcina ferruginea Kress, 1977 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Runcinida) species-complex, with the description of a new genus. Invertebrate Systematics. 37(1): 61-77.
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]

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Runcina ferruginea Kress, 1977. 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:141412