''Demoulia'' is a

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sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the

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Nassariidae The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (USA), or dog whelks (UK), are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. "Dog whelk" also refers to ''Nucella lapillus''. Shell description T ...

, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

Species

Species within the genus ''Demoulia'' include: * ''

Demoulia abbreviata ''Demoulia abbreviata'', common name : the obtuse demoulia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.Gofas, S. (2015). Demoulia abbreviata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Ac ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) * † ''

Demoulia conglobata ''Demoulia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (USA), or dog whelks (UK), are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in t ...

'' (Brocchi, 1814) * ''

Demoulia obtusata ''Demoulia obtusata'', common name : the obtuse demoulia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. Description The shell size varies between 17 mm and 25 m ...

'' (Link, 1807) * † ''

Demoulia pupa ''Demoulia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The pu ...

'' (Brocchi, 1814) * ''

Demoulia ventricosa ''Demoulia ventricosa'', common name : the blunt demoulia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.Gofas, S. (2015). Demoulia ventricosa. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Acc ...

'' (Lamarck, 1816) ; Species brought into synonymy : * ''Demoulia kurodai'' Tomlin, 1932 : synonym of ''

Nassarius sufflatus ''Nassarius'', common name nassa mud snails (USA) or dog whelks (UK), is a genus of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Nassariidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Nassarius Duméril, 1806. In: Bouchet, P.; ...

'' (Gould, 1860) * ''Demoulia pulchra'' Gray, 1838 : synonym of ''Demoulia obtusata'' (Link, 1807) * ''Demoulia retusa'' (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of ''Demoulia ventricosa'' (Lamarck, 1816)

References

* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). ''Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

Gray, J.E. (1838). On some new species of quadrupeds and shells. Annals of Natural History. ser. 1, 1: 27-30

Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353
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