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Dorsanum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Nassariidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Buccinoidea

Subfamily
  
Dorsaninae

Dorsanum

Similar
  
Dorsanum miran, Buccinanops, Cyllene, Bullia digitalis, Buccinanops monilifer

Dorsanum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

Species

Subgenera :

  • Dorsanum (Dorsanum) Gray, 1847
  • Species within the genus Dorsanum include:

  • Dorsanum javanum K. Martin, 1931
  • Dorsanum miran (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Species brought into synonymy 
  • Dorsanum (Adinus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 : synonym of Bullia Gray, 1833
  • Dorsanum (Adinus) javanum K. Martin, 1931 represented as Dorsanum javanum K. Martin, 1931 (alternate representation)
  • Dorsanum belangeri (Kiener, 1834): synonym of Bullia tranquebarica (Röding, 1798)
  • Dorsanum granulosum (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Bullia granulosa (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Dorsanum gruveli Dautzenberg, 1910: synonym of Bullia gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1910)
  • Dorsanum mauritianum (Gray, 1839): synonym of Bullia mauritiana Gray, 1839
  • Dorsanum moniliferum (Kiener, 1834) : synonym of Buccinanops monilifer (Kiener, 1834)
  • Dorsanum terebraeforme Dautzenberg, 1913: synonym of Bullia terebraeformis (Dautzenberg, 1912)
  • References

    Dorsanum Wikipedia