Sassia

Sassia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cymatiidae.[2]

Sassia
Sassia semitorta shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Sassia
Bellardi, 1873[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Eutritonium (Sassia)
  • Phanozesta Iredale, 1936
  • Triton (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873

Species

The genus Sassia contains the following species:[2]

  • Sassia apenninica (Sassi, 1827) †
  • Sassia arthritica (Powell & Bartrum, 1929) †
  • Sassia cyphoides (Finlay, 1924) †
  • Sassia decagonia (Finlay, 1924) †
  • Sassia maoria (Finlay, 1924) †
  • Sassia melpangi Harasewych & Beu, 2007
  • Sassia midwayensis (Habe & Okutani, 1968)
  • Sassia minima (Hutton, 1873) †
  • Sassia nassariformis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1902)
  • Sassia neozelanica (P. Marshall & R. Murdoch, 1923) †
  • Sassia pahaoaensis (Vella, 1954) †
  • Sassia pusulosa (Marwick, 1965) †
  • Sassia remensa (Iredale, 1936)
  • Sassia semitorta (Kuroda & Habe, 1961)
  • Sassia tortirostris (Tate, 1888) †
  • Sassia zealta (Laws, 1939) †
Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Bellardi, L. (1873). Moll. Terr. terz. Piemonte Liguria 1: 219.
  2. Sassia Bellardi, 1873. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.

Further reading

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.