Demoulia
| Demoulia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Subfamily: | Nassariinae |
| Genus: | Demoulia Gray, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Buccinum retusum Lamarck, 1822 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Demoulia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Demoulia include:
- Demoulia abbreviata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807)[2]
- Demoulia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Demoulia kurodai Tomlin, 1932 : synonym of Nassarius sufflatus (Gould, 1860)
- Demoulia pulchra Gray, 1838 : synonym of Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807)
References
- 1 2 Demoulia Gray, 1838. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 February 2011.
- ↑ 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
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