Demoulia

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
Synonyms[1]
  • Demoulea Gray, 1847
  • Demoulinsia (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Desmoulea Gray, 1847
  • Desmoulinsia Woodward, 1851
  • Moulinsia Tournouer, 1874
  • Streptorhega Bronn, 1856

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. ^ a b Demoulia Gray, 1838.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138234 on 24 February 2011.
  2. ^ Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140489 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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