Demoulia

Demoulia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Demoulia Gray, 1838
Type species
Buccinum retusum Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms
Demoulea Gray, 1847 Demoulinsia (incorrect subsequent spelling) Desmoulea Gray, 1847 Desmoulinsia Woodward, 1851 Moulinsia Tournouer, 1874 Streptorhega Bronn, 1856

Demoulia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

Species

Species within the genus Demoulia include:

• Demoulia abbreviata (Gmelin, 1791)
• Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807)
• Demoulia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)

Species brought into synonymy

• Demoulia kurodai Tomlin, 1932 : synonym of Nassarius sufflatus (Gould, 1860)
• Demoulia pulchra Gray, 1838 : synonym of Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807)

References

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213