Dorsanum

Dorsanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Dorsaninae
Genus:	Dorsanum Gray, 1847

Dorsanum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Species

Subgenera :

Species within the genus Dorsanum include:

Dorsanum (Adinus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 : synonym of Bullia Gray, 1833
Dorsanum (Adinus) javanum K. Martin, 1931 represented as Dorsanum javanum K. Martin, 1931 (alternate representation)
Dorsanum belangeri (Kiener, 1834)^[2] : synonym of Bullia belangeri Kiener, 1834
Dorsanum mauritianum (Gray, 1839)^[3] : synonym of Bullia mauritiana Gray, 1839

^ Dorsanum Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205508 on 4 February 2011.
^ Dorsanum belangeri (Kiener, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215102 on 18 April 2010.
^ Dorsanum mauritianum (Gray, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215101 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