''Dorsanum'' is a

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s in the subfamily Dorsaninae of 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

Subgenera : * ''Dorsanum'' (''Dorsanum'') Gray, 1847 Species within the genus ''Dorsanum'' include: * † '' Dorsanum estotiensis'' Lozouet, 1999 * † '' Dorsanum gaasensis'' Lozouet, 1999 * † '' Dorsanum javanum'' K. Martin, 1931 * † ''

Dorsanum laeve ''Dorsanum'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Dorsaninae of the family (biology), family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. Species Subgenera : * ''Dorsanum'' (''Dorsanum'') Gray ...

'' (van Voorthuysen, 1944) * † '' Dorsanum meyni'' (Beyrich, 1854) * '' Dorsanum miran'' (Bruguière, 1789) * † '' Dorsanum subpolitum'' (d'Orbigny, 1852) ;Species brought into synonymy : * ''Dorsanum'' (''Adinus'') H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 : synonym of ''

Bullia ''Bullia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. Species The following subgenera are recognized: * ''Bullia'' (''Bullia'') Gray, 1834 * ''Bullia'' (''Cereobullia'') Mel ...

'' 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 ''

Naytia granulosa ''Naytia granulosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naytia granulosa (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register o ...

'' (Lamarck, 1822) * ''Dorsanum gruveli'' Dautzenberg, 1910: synonym of ''

Bullia gruveli ''Bullia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. Species The following subgenera are recognized: * ''Bullia'' (''Bullia'') Gray, 1834 * ''Bullia'' (''Cereobullia'') Mel ...

'' (Dautzenberg, 1910) * ''Dorsanum mauritianum'' (Gray, 1839): synonym of ''

Bullia mauritiana ''Bullia mauritiana'', the Mauritius bullia, 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 30 mm and 75 mm Distribution ...

'' Gray, 1839 * ''Dorsanum moniliferum'' (Kiener, 1834) : synonym of ''

Buccinanops monilifer ''Buccinanops monilifer'', common name the collared buccinum, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Buccinanops monilifer (Kiener, 1 ...

'' (Kiener, 1834) * ''Dorsanum terebraeforme'' Dautzenberg, 1913: synonym of '' Bullia terebraeformis'' (Dautzenberg, 1912)

References

External links

* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219

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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