Nassodonta is a genus of brackish water snails, gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae.[2]
| Nassodonta | |
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| Nassodonta insignis shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Nassodonta H. Adams, 1867[1] |
| Type species | |
| Nassodonta insignis H. Adams, 1867 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Nassarius (Nassodonta) H. Adams, 1867 | |
Nassodonta insignis is the type species of the genus Nassodonta.
Taxonomy edit
Arthur Adams classified the genus Nassodonta within family Buccinidae in 1867.[1] The genus Nassodonta is traditionally placed in the subfamily Nassariinae of the family Nassariidae since 19th century and it was placed into the newly established subfamily Anentominae in 2017.[3]
Species edit
Species within the genus Nassodonta include:
- Nassodonta annesleyi (Benson, 1861)[3]
- Nassodonta insignis H. Adams, 1867[1] - type species of the genus Nassodonta[3]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Nassodonta dorri (Wattebled, 1886):[3] synonym of Oligohalinophila dorri (Wattebled, 1886)
- Nassodonta gravelyi Preston, 1916: synonym of Nassodonta annesleyi (Benson, 1860)
References edit
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nassodonta H. Adams, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560402 on 2021-09-14
- ^ a b c d 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.
- Adams, H. (1867). Descriptions of six new species of shells, and note on Opisthostoma de-Crespignii. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1866: 445–447.
External links edit
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- Kantor Yu.I. & Kilburn R.B. (2001) Rediscovery of Canidia dorri Wattebled, 1886, with discussion of its systematic position (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Nassariidae: Nassodonta). The Nautilus 115(3): 99-104
- Strong E.E., Galindo L.A. & Kantor Yu.I. (2017). Quid est Clea helena? Evidence for a previously unrecognized radiation of assassin snails (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae). PeerJ. 5: e3638.
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