Nassodonta

Nassodonta is a genus of brackish water snails, gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae.^[2]

Nassodonta
Nassodonta insignis shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]
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)

References

1. Adams (1867). "Descriptions of Six New Species of Shells, and Note on Opisthostoma de-Crespignii". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, (1866): page 445-447. Plate 38, figure 8.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nassodonta H. Adams, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560402 on 2021-09-14
3. Strong, E. E., Galindo, L. A., & Kantor, Y. I. (2017). "Quid est Clea helena? Evidence for a previously unrecognized radiation of assassin snails (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae)". PeerJ 5: e3638. doi:10.7717/peerj.3638.

• Adams, H. (1867). Descriptions of six new species of shells, and note on Opisthostoma de-Crespignii. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1866: 445–447.

External links

• Kantor Yu.I. & Kilburn R.B. (2001) Rediscovery of Canidia dorri Wattebled, 1886, with discussion of its systematic position (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Nassariidae: Nassodonta). The Nautilus 115(3): 99-104
• Strong E.E., Galindo L.A. & Kantor Yu.I. (2017). Quid est Clea helena? Evidence for a previously unrecognized radiation of assassin snails (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae). PeerJ. 5: e3638.