Demoulia

Demoulia
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
Synonyms^[1]
Demoulea Gray, 1847 Demoulinsia (incorrect subsequent spelling) Desmoulea Gray, 1847 Desmoulinsia Woodward, 1851 Moulinsia Tournouer, 1874 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:

Demoulia abbreviata (Gmelin, 1791)
Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807)^[2]
Demoulia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)

Species brought into synonymy

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

References

^ ^a ^b Demoulia Gray, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138234 on 24 February 2011.
^ Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140489 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