Sassia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cymatiidae.
Species
The genus Sassia contains the following species:
- â Sassia antiqua <small>(Deshayes, 1865)</small>
- â Sassia apenninica <small>(Sassi, 1827)</small>
- â Sassia bernayi <small>(Cossmann, 1889)</small>
- â Sassia bicincta <small>(Deshayes, 1835)</small>
- â Sassia carinulata <small>(Cossmann, 1889)</small>
- â Sassia colubrina <small>(Lamarck, 1803)</small>
- â Sassia cuneata <small>(Cossmann, 1885)</small>
- â Sassia cyphoides <small>(Finlay, 1924)</small>
- â Sassia decagonia <small>(Finlay, 1924)</small>
- â Sassia delafossei <small>(Rouault, 1850)</small>
- â Sassia dumortieri <small>(Baudon, 1853)</small>
- â Sassia faxense <small>(Ravn, 1933)</small>
- â Sassia formosa <small>(Deshayes, 1865)</small>
- â Sassia foveolata <small>(Sandberger, 1860)</small>
- â Sassia lejeunii <small>(Melleville, 1843)</small>
- â Sassia maoria <small>(Finlay, 1924)</small>
- Sassia melpangi <small>Harasewych & Beu, 2007</small>
- Sassia midwayensis <small>(Habe & Okutani, 1968)</small>
- Sassia minima <small>(Hutton, 1873)</small>
- Sassia mozambicana <small>R. Aiken & Seccombe, 2019</small>
- â Sassia multigranifera <small>(Deshayes, 1835)</small>
- Sassia nassariformis <small>(G. B. Sowerby III, 1902)</small>
- â Sassia neozelanica <small>(P. Marshall & R. Murdoch, 1923)</small>
- â Sassia nodularia <small>(Lamarck, 1803)</small>
- â Sassia pahaoaensis <small>(Vella, 1954)</small>
- â Sassia pusulosa <small>(Marwick, 1965)</small>
- â Sassia raulini <small>(Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924)</small>
- Sassia remensa <small>(Iredale, 1936)</small>
- â Sassia reticulosa <small>(Deshayes, 1835)</small>
- â Sassia scabriuscula <small>(Deshayes, 1865)</small>
- Sassia semitorta <small>(Kuroda & Habe, 1961)</small>
- â Sassia striatula<small> (Lamarck, 1803) </small>
- â Sassia tortirostris <small>(Tate, 1888)</small>
- â Sassia tuberculifera <small>(Bronn, 1831)</small>
- Sassia zealta <small>(Laws, 1939)</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- â Sassia arthritica <small>(Powell & Bartrum, 1929)</small>: synonym of â Proxicharonia arthritica <small>(Powell & Bartrum, 1929)</small>
- Sassia bassi - synonym: Austrotriton bassi <small>(Angas, 1869)</small>
- Sassia epitrema - synonym: Austrotriton epitrema <small>(Tenison Woods, 1877)</small>
- Sassia garrardi <small>(Beu, 1970)</small>: synonym of Austrotriton garrardi <small>Beu, 1970</small>
- Sassia jobbernsi <small>(L. C. King, 1933)</small> â : synonym of Sassia kampyla <small>(R. B. Watson, 1883)</small>: synonym of Cymatona kampyla <small>(R. B. Watson, 1883)</small>
- Sassia kampyla <small>(R. B. Watson, 1883)</small> - synonym: Cymatona kampyla <small>(Watson, 1883)</small>
- Sassia lewisi <small>Harasewych & Petuch, 1980</small> - synonym: Personella lewisi <small>(Harasewych & Petuch, 1980)</small>
- Sassia lindneri <small>Parth, 1992</small>: synonym of Austrosassia parkinsonia <small>(Perry, 1811)</small>
- Sassia marshalli <small>Beu, 1978</small>: synonym of Sassia remensa <small>(Iredale, 1936)</small>
- Sassia mimetica <small>(Tate, 1893)</small> - synonym: Austrotriton mimetica <small>(Tate, 1893)</small>
- Sassia palmeri <small>(Powell, 1967)</small>- synonym: Proxicharonia palmeri <small>(Powell, 1967)</small>
- Sassia parkinsonia <small>(Perry, 1811)</small> - synonym: Austrosassia parkinsonia <small>(Perry, 1811)</small>
- Sassia petulans <small>(Hedley & May, 1908)</small>: synonym of Austrotriton petulans <small>(Hedley & May, 1908)</small>
- Sassia philomelae <small>(R. B. Watson, 1881)</small>: synonym of Cymatona philomelae <small>(R. B. Watson, 1881)</small>
- Sassia planocincta <small>Wrigley, 1932</small> â : synonym of Pseudosassia planocincta <small>(Wrigley, 1932)</small> âÂÂ
- Sassia ponderi <small>Beu, 1987</small>: synonym of Austrosassia ponderi <small>(Beu, 1987)</small>
- Sassia subdistorta <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small> synonym: Austrotriton subdistortus<small> (Lamarck, 1822)</small>
- Sassia turrita <small>(Eichwald, 1830)</small> â : synonym of Pseudosassia turrita <small>(Eichwald, 1830)</small> âÂÂ
References
- Cossmann M. (1889). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'ÃÂocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique. 24: 3âÂÂ381, pl. 1-12
Further reading
External links
- Bellardi, L. (1873). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte I. Cephalopoda, Pteropoda, Heteropoda. Gasteropoda (Muricidae et Tritonidae). Stamperia Reale, Torino, 264 pp., 15 pl.
- Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24
- Cossmann M. (1889). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'ÃÂocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique. 24: 3-381, pl. 1-12
- Beu A.G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 178: 1-255