''Dorsanum'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the subfamily Dorsaninae of the
family
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Nassariidae
The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (US), or dog whelks (UK) are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized snails, mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. These snails have rounded shells with a high spire, an oval ap ...
, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Species
Subgenera :
* ''Dorsanum'' (''Dorsanum'')
Gray, 1847
Species within the genus ''Dorsanum'' include:
* † ''
Dorsanum estotiensis''
Lozouet, 1999
* † ''
Dorsanum gaasensis''
Lozouet, 1999
* † ''
Dorsanum javanum''
K. Martin, 1931
* † ''
Dorsanum laeve''
(van Voorthuysen, 1944)
* † ''
Dorsanum meyni''
(Beyrich, 1854)
* ''
Dorsanum miran''
(Bruguière, 1789)
* † ''
Dorsanum subpolitum''
(d'Orbigny, 1852)
;Species brought into synonymy :
* ''Dorsanum'' (''Adinus'')
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 : synonym of ''
Bullia''
Gray, 1833
* ''Dorsanum (Adinus) javanum''
K. Martin, 1931 represented as ''Dorsanum javanum'' K. Martin, 1931 (
alternate representation)
* ''Dorsanum belangeri''
(Kiener, 1834): synonym of ''
Bullia tranquebarica''
(Röding, 1798)
* ''Dorsanum granulosum''
(Lamarck, 1822): synonym of ''
Naytia granulosa''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''Dorsanum gruveli''
Dautzenberg, 1910: synonym of ''
Bullia gruveli''
(Dautzenberg, 1910)
* ''Dorsanum mauritianum''
(Gray, 1839):
synonym of ''
Bullia mauritiana''
Gray, 1839
* ''Dorsanum moniliferum''
(Kiener, 1834) : synonym of ''
Buccinanops monilifer''
(Kiener, 1834)
* ''Dorsanum terebraeforme''
Dautzenberg, 1913: synonym of ''
Bullia terebraeformis''
(Dautzenberg, 1912)
References
External links
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219Galindo, 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
Nassariidae
Gastropod genera
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