Demoulia

Demoulia
Two shells of Demoulia abbreviata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Nassariidae
Subfamily: Nassariinae
Genus: Demoulia
Gray, 1838
Type species
Buccinum retusum Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[1]
  • Demoulea Gray, 1847
  • Demoulinsia (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Desmoulea Gray, 1847
  • Desmoulinsia Woodward, 1851
  • Moulinsia Tournouer, 1874 (not available: not used as a valid name)
  • Nassa (Demoulea) [sic] (incorrect subsequent spelling of Demoulia Gray, 1838)
  • Nassa (Demoulia) Gray, 1838
  • Nassa (Desmoulea) [sic] (incorrect subsequent spelling of Demoulia Gray, 1838)
  • Streptorhega Bronn, 1856

Demoulia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Demoulia include:

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. 1 2 Demoulia Gray, 1838.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 February 2011.
  2. Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
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