Demoulia

Demoulia
	Two shells of Demoulia abbreviata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Demoulia; Gray, 1838
Type species
	Buccinum retusum Lamarck, 1822;
Synonyms
	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.

Description

The ovate-globose shell is covered with a downy epidermis. The spire is short, conical with a papillary apex. The whorls are depressed. The aperture is ovate. The inner lip is thickened, with a ridge posteriorly. The outer lip is contracted, thickened externally and plicated internally.

Species

Species within the genus Demoulia include:

Demoulia abbreviata (Gmelin, 1791)
† Demoulia conglobata (Brocchi, 1814)
Demoulia nataliae Kilburn, 1972
Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807)
† Demoulia pupa (Brocchi, 1814)
Demoulia tryoni (Crosse, 1869)
Demoulia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)
† Demoulia zbyszewskii Landau, Marques da Silva & Gili, 2009

Species brought into synonymy

Demoulia kurodai Tomlin, 1932 : synonym of Nassarius sufflatus (Gould, 1860)
Demoulia pulchra Gray, 1838 : synonym of Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807)
Demoulia retusa (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Demoulia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)

References

1 2 Demoulia Gray, 1838. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 February 2011.
↑ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
↑ Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.

Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Demoulia Gray, 1838. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 February 2011.

[2] Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls

[3] Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.

Demoulia

Two shells of Demoulia abbreviata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Demoulia Gray, 1838
Type species
Buccinum retusum Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms
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