Verconia
| Verconia | |
|---|---|
| A live individual of Verconia romeri, in situ, head end towards the lower left | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Verconia Pruvot-Fol, 1931 |
| Type species | |
| Verconia verconis Basedow & Hedley, 1905 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Noumea Risbec, 1928 | |
Verconia is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.
The host sponges for species in this genus are sponges in the genera Darwinella and Dendrilla.
Noumea Risbec, 1928 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) is a junior homonym of Noumea Fauvel, 1874 (Arthropoda: Coleoptera), a name in current use. Verconia Pruvot-Fol, 1931 was recognized as a synonym of Noumea Risbec by Johnson & Gosliner (2012) and is here used for species of the chromodoridid group previously known as Noumea.