Dorsanum

Dorsanum
Dorsanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Nassariidae
Subfamily: Dorsaninae
Genus: Dorsanum
Gray, 1847

Dorsanum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Species

Subgenera :

  • Dorsanum (Dorsanum) Gray, 1847

Species within the genus Dorsanum include:

  • Dorsanum granulosum (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Dorsanum gruveli Dautzenberg, 1910
  • Dorsanum javanum K. Martin, 1931
  • Dorsanum miran (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Dorsanum terebraeforme Dautzenberg, 1913
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)[2] : synonym of Bullia belangeri Kiener, 1834
  • Dorsanum mauritianum (Gray, 1839)[3] : synonym of Bullia mauritiana Gray, 1839

References

  1. ^ Dorsanum Gray, 1847.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205508 on 4 February 2011.
  2. ^ Dorsanum belangeri (Kiener, 1834).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215102 on 18 April 2010.
  3. ^ Dorsanum mauritianum (Gray, 1839).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215101 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

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