Keepingia

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

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Keepingia
Shell of † Keepingia laevis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Colwellia Nuttall & J. Cooper, 1973
  • Desorinassa Nuttall & J. Cooper, 1973
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Species

  • Keepingia gossardii (Nyst, 1836)
  • Keepingia laevis Lozouet, 1999

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