| Nassodonta | |
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| Nassodonta insignis shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Nassodonta H. Adams, 1867 |
| Type species | |
| Nassodonta insignis H. Adams, 1867 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nassarius (Nassodonta) H. Adams, 1867 | |
Nassodonta is a genus of brackish water snails, gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae.
Nassodonta insignis is the type species of the genus Nassodonta.
Taxonomy
Arthur Adams classified the genus Nassodonta within family Buccinidae in 1867. The genus Nassodonta is traditionally placed in the subfamily Nassariinae of the family Nassariidae since 19th century and it was placed into the newly established subfamily Anentominae in 2017.
Species
Species within the genus Nassodonta include:
- Nassodonta annesleyi (Benson, 1861)
- Nassodonta insignis H. Adams, 1867 - type species of the genus Nassodonta
- Species brought into synonymy
- Nassodonta dorri (Wattebled, 1886): synonym of Oligohalinophila dorri (Wattebled, 1886)
- Nassodonta gravelyi Preston, 1916: synonym of Nassodonta annesleyi (Benson, 1860)
References
- ^ Adams (1867). "Descriptions of Six New Species of Shells, and Note on Opisthostoma de-Crespignii". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, (1866): page 445-447. Plate 38, figure 8.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nassodonta H. Adams, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560402 on 2021-09-14
- ^ Strong, E. E., Galindo, L. A., & Kantor, Y. I. (2017). "Quid est Clea helena? Evidence for a previously unrecognized radiation of assassin snails (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae)". PeerJ 5: e3638. doi:10.7717/peerj.3638.
- Adams, H. (1867). Descriptions of six new species of shells, and note on Opisthostoma de-Crespignii. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1866: 445–447.
External links
- Kantor Yu.I. & Kilburn R.B. (2001) Rediscovery of Canidia dorri Wattebled, 1886, with discussion of its systematic position (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Nassariidae: Nassodonta). The Nautilus 115(3): 99-104
- Strong E.E., Galindo L.A. & Kantor Yu.I. (2017). Quid est Clea helena? Evidence for a previously unrecognized radiation of assassin snails (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae). PeerJ. 5: e3638.
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