Sassia

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Sassia
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Sassia semitorta shell
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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
  • MonocirsusCossmann, 1889 ·
  • Phanozesta Iredale, 1936
  • SassoiaRovereto, 1900 (unjustified emendation of Sassia)
  • Triton (Sassia)Bellardi, 1873

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

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Species

The genus Sassia contains the following species: [2]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Bellardi, L. (1873). Moll. Terr. terz. Piemonte Liguria1: 219.
  2. 1 2 3 Sassia Bellardi, 1873 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 December 2018.

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