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

Sassia
Sassia semitorta shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Monocirsus Cossmann, 1889 ·
  • Phanozesta Iredale, 1936
  • Sassoia Rovereto, 1900 (unjustified emendation of Sassia)
  • Triton (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873

Species

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The genus Sassia contains the following species:[2]

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Bellardi, L. (1873). Moll. Terr. terz. Piemonte Liguria 1: 219.
  2. ^ a b c Sassia Bellardi, 1873. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  • Cossmann M. (1889). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique. 24: 3–381, pl. 1-12

Further reading

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  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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