Dorsanum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Dorsaninae of the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
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| Five views of a shell of Dorsanum miran (Bruguiere, 1799) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Dorsanum Gray, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Buccinum politum Lamarck, 1822 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
editSubgenera :
- Dorsanum (Dorsanum) Gray, 1847
Species within the genus Dorsanum include:
- † Dorsanum estotiensis Lozouet, 1999
- † Dorsanum gaasensis Lozouet, 1999
- † Dorsanum javanum K. Martin, 1931
- † Dorsanum laeve (van Voorthuysen, 1944)
- † Dorsanum meyni (Beyrich, 1854)
- Dorsanum miran (Bruguière, 1789)
- † Dorsanum subpolitum (d'Orbigny, 1852)
- 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 tranquebarica (Röding, 1798)
- Dorsanum granulosum (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Naytia granulosa (Lamarck, 1822)
- Dorsanum gruveli Dautzenberg, 1910: synonym of Bullia gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1910)
- Dorsanum mauritianum (Gray, 1839):[3] synonym of Bullia mauritiana Gray, 1839
- Dorsanum moniliferum (Kiener, 1834) : synonym of Buccinanops monilifer (Kiener, 1834)
- Dorsanum terebraeforme Dautzenberg, 1913: synonym of Bullia terebraeformis (Dautzenberg, 1912)
References
edit- ^ a b Dorsanum Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 February 2011.
- ^ Dorsanum belangeri (Kiener, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Dorsanum mauritianum (Gray, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
External links
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- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219
- Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353
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