Nassodonta
Genus of gastropods
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Nassodonta is a genus of brackish water snails, gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae.[2]
| Nassodonta | |
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| Nassodonta insignis shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Nassodonta H. Adams, 1867[1] |
| Type species | |
| Nassodonta insignis H. Adams, 1867 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Nassarius (Nassodonta) H. Adams, 1867 | |
Nassodonta insignis is the type species of the genus Nassodonta.
Taxonomy
Arthur Adams classified the genus Nassodonta within family Buccinidae in 1867.[1] The genus Nassodonta is traditionally placed in the subfamily Nassariinae of the family Nassariidae since 19th century and it was placed into the newly established subfamily Anentominae in 2017.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Nassodonta include:
- Nassodonta annesleyi (Benson, 1861)[3]
- Nassodonta insignis H. Adams, 1867[1] - type species of the genus Nassodonta[3]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Nassodonta dorri (Wattebled, 1886):[3] synonym of Oligohalinophila dorri (Wattebled, 1886)
- Nassodonta gravelyi Preston, 1916: synonym of Nassodonta annesleyi (Benson, 1860)
