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Nassodonta annesleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Nassariidae
Subfamily:
Anentominae
Genus:
Nassodonta
Species:
N. annesleyi
Binomial name
Nassodonta annesleyi
(Benson, 1861)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Clea annesleyi Benson, 1861
Nassodonta gravelyi Preston, 1916

Nassodonta annesleyi is a species of brackish water snail, with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae.

The specific name annesleyi is in honour of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Annesley Benson (1831–1906) of the 45th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry,[3] who collected those snails.[1]

Distribution

India.

References

  1. ^ a b Benson W. H. (1861). "Descriptions of freshwater shells collected in southern India by Lieut. Charles Annesley Benson, 45th M.N.I." Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)6: 257–260. page 258.
  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.
  3. ^ "Charles Annesley Benson (1831–1906)". WikiTree, accessed November 22, 2017.


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