Dorsanum
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| Genus: | Dorsanum Gray, 1847
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Dorsanum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Species
Subgenera :
- Dorsanum (Dorsanum) Gray, 1847
Species within the genus Dorsanum include:
- † Dorsanum javanum K. Martin, 1931
- Dorsanum miran (Bruguière, 1789)
- 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 Bullia 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
- ^ 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.
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
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