Nassodonta
Nassodonta | |
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Nassodonta dorri shell | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Subfamily: | Anentominae |
Genus: | Nassodonta |
Type species | |
Nassodonta insignis H. Adams, 1867 | |
Diversity[2] | |
3 species |
Nassodonta is a genus of brackish water snails, gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae. Nassodonta insignis is the type species of the genus Nassodonta.
Taxonomy
Arthur Adams classified the genus Nassodonta within family Buccinidae in 1867.[1] The genus Nassodonta is traditionally placed in the family Nassariidae since 19th century and it was placed into the newly established subfamily Anentominae in 2017.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Nassodonta include:
- Nassodonta annesleyi (Benson, 1861)[2]
- Nassodonta dorri (Wattebled, 1886)[2]
- Nassodonta insignis H. Adams, 1867[1] - type species of the genus Nassodonta[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Adams (1867). "Descriptions of Six New Species of Shells, and Note on Opisthostoma de-Crespignii". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, (1866): page 445-447. Plate 38, figure 8.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Strong, E. E., Galindo, L. A., & Kantor, Y. I. (2017). "Quid est Clea helena? Evidence for a previously unrecognized radiation of assassin snails (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae)". PeerJ 5: e3638. doi:10.7717/peerj.3638.
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