''Ilyanassa'' 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
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.
[Marshall, B.; Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Ilyanassa Stimpson, 1865. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467489 on 2016-05-18]
Species
Species within the genus ''Ilyanassa'' include:
* ''
Ilyanassa obsoleta'' (Say, 1822):
* ''
Ilyanassa trivittata'' (Say, 1822):
synonym of ''
Tritia trivittata''
(Say, 1822)
References
External links
Stimpson W. 1865. On certain genera and families of zoophagous gasteropods. American Journal of Conchology, 1: 55-64, pl. 8-9L.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: 337-353Yang, Y.; Abalde, S.; Afonso, C. L.; Tenorio, M. J.; Puillandre, N.; Templado, J.; Zardoya, R. (2021). Mitogenomic phylogeny of mud snails of the mostly Atlantic/Mediterranean genus Tritia (Gastropoda: Nassariidae). Zoologica ScriptaNomenclator Zoologicus info
Nassariidae
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