{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Chromodoris purpurea (Risso in Guérin, 1831).jpg | image_caption = ''Rudmania purpurea'' | taxon = Rudmania | authority = J. P. G. Oliveira, Henryco, Ardila, Schrödl & Padula, 2025<ref name=Rudmania>De Oliveira, J. P. G.; Henryco, B.; Ardila, N. E.; Schrödl, M.; Padula, V. (2025). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01595-0 From discovery to reclassification: a new genus and taxonomic revision of Rudmania grahami (Thompson, 1980) comb. nov. (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Chromodorididae).] Marine Biodiversity. 55: 116 (17 pp.).</ref> | synonyms = | type_species = ''Rudmania purpurea'' | type_species_authority = Risso, 1831 }}
'''''Rudmania''''' is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.<ref name=WoRMS>MolluscaBase eds. (2026). [https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1860282 ''Rudmania'' J. P. G. Oliveira, Henryco, Ardila, Schrödl & Padula, 2025] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-04-21</ref>
==Taxonomic history== The genus ''Rudmania'' was established containing the species formerly included within the ''Felimida purpurea'' clade, a group of slugs within the polyphyletic genus ''Felimida'' that share an Atlantic distribution. Through a combination of species delimitation, molecular, and morphological analyses, the ''F. purpurea'' clade was identified and investigated, the results of which showed that the clade necessitated the distinction of its own genus.<ref name=Rudmania/>
==Description== ''Rudmania'' is "characterized by white to purple species, the absence of rachidian teeth , and a thin, very long, and coiled vagina".<ref name=Rudmania/>
==Species== Species within ''Rudmania'' include"<ref name=Rudmania/>
* ''Rudmania atlantica'' <small>Padula, Wirtz & Schrödl, 2017</small> * ''Rudmania fentoni'' <small>A. Valdés, Gatdula, Sheridan & Herrera, 2011</small> * ''Rudmania grahami'' <small>T. E. Thompson, 1980</small> * ''Rudmania kpone'' <small>Edmunds, 1981</small> * ''Rudmania krohni'' <small>Verany, 1846</small> * ''Rudmania purpurea'' <small>Risso, 1831</small>
==References== {{Commons category|Rudmania}} {{Reflist}}
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Category:Chromodorididae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Michael Schrödl