| Ilyanassa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Ilyanassa Stimpson, 1865 [1] |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nassarius Duméril, 1806 |
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Ilyanassa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
The genus name Ilyanassa has become a synonym of Nassarius, while its two species have retained a valid name in the genus Ilyanassa.
Species within the genus Ilyanassa include: