Nassodonta

Nassodonta is a genus of brackish water snails, gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae. Nassodonta insignis is the type species of the genus Nassodonta.

Nassodonta
Nassodonta dorri shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Nassariidae
Subfamily:
Anentominae
Genus:
Nassodonta

Type species
Nassodonta insignis H. Adams, 1867
Diversity[2]
3 species

Taxonomy

Arthur Adams classified the genus Nassodonta within family Buccinidae in 1867.[1] The genus Nassodonta is traditionally placed in the family Nassariidae since 19th century and it was placed into the newly established subfamily Anentominae in 2017.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Nassodonta include:

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References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.


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