Sassia

Genus of gastropods

Sassia
Sassia semitorta shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Sassia
Bellardi, 1873[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • † Charonia (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873
  • Eutritonium (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873
  • Lampusia (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873
  • † Monocirsus Cossmann, 1889 ·
  • Phanozesta Iredale, 1936
  • Sassoia Rovereto, 1900 (unjustified emendation of Sassia)
  • Triton (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873

Sassia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cymatiidae.[2]

Species

The genus Sassia contains the following species:[2]

  • † Sassia antiqua (Deshayes, 1865)
  • † Sassia apenninica (Sassi, 1827)
  • † Sassia bernayi (Cossmann, 1889)
  • † Sassia bicincta (Deshayes, 1835)
  • † Sassia carinulata (Cossmann, 1889)
  • † Sassia colubrina (Lamarck, 1803)
  • † Sassia cuneata (Cossmann, 1885)
  • † Sassia cyphoides (Finlay, 1924)
  • † Sassia decagonia (Finlay, 1924)
  • † Sassia delafossei (Rouault, 1850)
  • † Sassia dumortieri (Baudon, 1853)
  • † Sassia faxense (Ravn, 1933)
  • † Sassia formosa (Deshayes, 1865)
  • † Sassia foveolata (Sandberger, 1860)
  • † Sassia lejeunii (Melleville, 1843)
  • † Sassia maoria (Finlay, 1924)
  • Sassia melpangi Harasewych & Beu, 2007
  • Sassia midwayensis (Habe & Okutani, 1968)
  • Sassia minima (Hutton, 1873)
  • Sassia mozambicana R. Aiken & Seccombe, 2019
  • † Sassia multigranifera (Deshayes, 1835)
  • Sassia nassariformis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1902)
  • † Sassia neozelanica (P. Marshall & R. Murdoch, 1923)
  • † Sassia nodularia (Lamarck, 1803)
  • † Sassia pahaoaensis (Vella, 1954)
  • † Sassia pusulosa (Marwick, 1965)
  • † Sassia raulini (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924)
  • Sassia remensa (Iredale, 1936)
  • † Sassia reticulosa (Deshayes, 1835)
  • † Sassia scabriuscula (Deshayes, 1865)
  • Sassia semitorta (Kuroda & Habe, 1961)
  • † Sassia striatula (Lamarck, 1803)
  • † Sassia tortirostris (Tate, 1888)
  • † Sassia tuberculifera (Bronn, 1831)
  • Sassia zealta (Laws, 1939)
Species brought into synonymy
  • † Sassia arthritica (Powell & Bartrum, 1929): synonym of † Proxicharonia arthritica (Powell & Bartrum, 1929)
  • Sassia bassi - synonym: Austrotriton bassi (Angas, 1869)
  • Sassia epitrema - synonym: Austrotriton epitrema (Tenison Woods, 1877)
  • Sassia garrardi (Beu, 1970): synonym of Austrotriton garrardi Beu, 1970
  • Sassia jobbernsi (L. C. King, 1933) †: synonym of Sassia kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883): synonym of Cymatona kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883)
  • Sassia kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883) - synonym: Cymatona kampyla (Watson, 1883)
  • Sassia lewisi Harasewych & Petuch, 1980 - synonym: Personella lewisi (Harasewych & Petuch, 1980)
  • Sassia lindneri Parth, 1992: synonym of Austrosassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811)
  • Sassia marshalli Beu, 1978: synonym of Sassia remensa (Iredale, 1936)
  • Sassia mimetica (Tate, 1893) - synonym: Austrotriton mimetica (Tate, 1893)
  • Sassia palmeri (Powell, 1967)- synonym: Proxicharonia palmeri (Powell, 1967)
  • Sassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811) - synonym: Austrosassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811)
  • Sassia petulans (Hedley & May, 1908): synonym of Austrotriton petulans (Hedley & May, 1908)
  • Sassia philomelae (R. B. Watson, 1881): synonym of Cymatona philomelae (R. B. Watson, 1881)
  • Sassia planocincta Wrigley, 1932 †: synonym of Pseudosassia planocincta (Wrigley, 1932) †
  • Sassia ponderi Beu, 1987: synonym of Austrosassia ponderi (Beu, 1987)
  • Sassia subdistorta (Lamarck, 1822) synonym: Austrotriton subdistortus (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Sassia turrita (Eichwald, 1830) †: synonym of Pseudosassia turrita (Eichwald, 1830) †

References

  1. ^ Bellardi, L. (1873). Moll. Terr. terz. Piemonte Liguria 1: 219.
  2. ^ a b c Sassia Bellardi, 1873. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  • Cossmann M. (1889). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique. 24: 3–381, pl. 1-12

Further reading

External links

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  • Bellardi, L. (1873). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte I. Cephalopoda, Pteropoda, Heteropoda. Gasteropoda (Muricidae et Tritonidae). Stamperia Reale, Torino, 264 pp., 15 pl.
  • Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24
  • Cossmann M. (1889). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique. 24: 3-381, pl. 1-12
  • Beu A.G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 178: 1-255
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