Nassodonta is a genus of brackish water snails, gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae.[2]

Nassodonta
Nassodonta insignis shell
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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[1]
Type species
Nassodonta insignis H. Adams, 1867
Synonyms[2]

Nassarius (Nassodonta) H. Adams, 1867

Nassodonta insignis is the type species of the genus Nassodonta.

Taxonomy

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Arthur Adams classified the genus Nassodonta within family Buccinidae in 1867.[1] 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.[3]

Species

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Species within the genus Nassodonta include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Nassodonta dorri (Wattebled, 1886):[3] synonym of Oligohalinophila dorri (Wattebled, 1886)
  • Nassodonta gravelyi Preston, 1916: synonym of Nassodonta annesleyi (Benson, 1860)

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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
  3. ^ a b c d 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.
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