Sansonia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Pickworthiinae of the family Pickworthiidae.[1]

Sansonia
Shell of Sansonia andamanica (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pickworthiidae
Genus: Sansonia
Jousseaume, 1892
Type species
Iphitus tuberculatus R. B. Watson, 1886
Synonyms[1]
  • Mecoliotia Hedley, 1899
  • Pickworthia Iredale, 1917

Species

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Synonyms
  • Sansonia andrei Jousseaume, 1921: synonym of Sansonia kirkpatricki (Iredale, 1917)
  • Sansonia christinae Selli, 1974: synonym of Sansonia kirkpatricki (Iredale, 1917)
  • Sansonia fauroti Jousseaume, 1921: synonym of Sansonia andamanica (Preston, 1908)
  • Sansonia italica Raffi & Taviani, 1985: synonym of Mareleptopoma minor (Almera & Bofill, 1898)
  • Sansonia kenneyi (Ladd, 1966): synonym of † Mareleptopoma kenneyi (Ladd, 1966)
  • Sansonia sansonia Jousseaume, 1921: synonym of Sansonia andamanica (Preston, 1908)
  • Sansonia semisculpta Espinosa & Fernández-Garcés, 1990: synonym of Cubasansonia semisculpta (Espinosa & Fernández-Garcés, 1990) (original combination)
  • Sansonia umbilicata Jousseaume, 1921: synonym of Sansonia andamanica (Preston, 1908)

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391578 on 2022-05-01
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