Dorsanum
Encyclopedia
Dorsanum is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Nassariidae
, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Species within the genus Dorsanum include:
Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Nassariidae
Nassariidae
Nassariidae, common name nassa mud snails , or dog whelks , are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.-Shell description:...
, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Species
Subgenera :- Dorsanum (Dorsanum) Gray, 1847
Species within the genus Dorsanum include:
- Dorsanum granulosum (Lamarck, 1822)
- Dorsanum gruveli Dautzenberg, 1910
- Dorsanum javanum K. Martin, 1931
- Dorsanum miran (Bruguière, 1789)
- Dorsanum terebraeforme Dautzenberg, 1913
Species brought into synonymy :
- Dorsanum (Adinus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 : synonym of BulliaBulliaBullia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.-Species:The fiollowing subgenera are recognized:* Bullia Gray, 1834...
Gray, 1833 - Dorsanum (Adinus) javanum K. Martin, 1931 represented as Dorsanum javanum K. Martin, 1931 (alternate representation)
- Dorsanum belangeri (Kiener, 1834) : synonym of Bullia belangeriBullia belangeriBullia belangeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.-References:...
Kiener, 1834 - Dorsanum mauritianum (Gray, 1839) : synonym of Bullia mauritiana Gray, 1839