Demoulia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
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| Two shells of Demoulia abbreviata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Subfamily: | Nassariinae |
| Genus: | Demoulia Gray, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Buccinum retusum Lamarck, 1822 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description edit
The ovate-globose shell is covered with a downy epidermis. The spire is short, conical with a papillary apex. The whorls are depressed. The aperture is ovate. The inner lip is thickened, with a ridge posteriorly. The outer lip is contracted, thickened externally and plicated internally.[2]
Species edit
Species within the genus Demoulia include:
- Demoulia abbreviata (Gmelin, 1791)
- † Demoulia conglobata (Brocchi, 1814)
- Demoulia nataliae Kilburn, 1972
- Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807)[3]
- † Demoulia pupa (Brocchi, 1814)
- Demoulia tryoni (Crosse, 1869)
- Demoulia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)
- † Demoulia zbyszewskii Landau, Marques da Silva & Gili, 2009
- Species brought into synonymy
- Demoulia kurodai Tomlin, 1932 : synonym of Nassarius sufflatus (Gould, 1860)
- Demoulia pulchra Gray, 1838 : synonym of Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807)
- Demoulia retusa (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Demoulia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)
References edit
- ^ a b Demoulia Gray, 1838. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 February 2011.
- ^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
- ^ Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
External links edit
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- Gray, J.E. (1838). On some new species of quadrupeds and shells. Annals of Natural History. ser. 1, 1: 27-30
- Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353
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