Keepingia
Genus of gastropods
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Keepingia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Dorsaninae of the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
| Keepingia | |
|---|---|
| Shell of † Keepingia laevis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | †Keepingia Nuttall & J. Cooper, 1973 |
| Type species | |
| † Buccinum gossardii Nyst, 1836 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
- † Keepingia gossardii (Nyst, 1836)
- † Keepingia laevis Lozouet, 1999