Reticunassa

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

Reticunassa
Shell of Reticunassa annabolteae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Reticunassa Iredale, 1936
Type species
Nassa paupera Gould, 1850
Synonyms[1]
Hinia (Reticunassa) Iredale, 1936 Nassarius (Reticunassa) Iredale, 1936 Tritia (Reticunassa) Iredale, 1936

Species

• Reticunassa annabolteae Galindo, Kool & Dekker, 2017
• Reticunassa cockburnensis (Kool & Dekker, 2006)
• Reticunassa compacta (Angas, 1865)
• Reticunassa crenulicostata (Shuto, 1969)
• Reticunassa dermestina (Gould, 1860)
• Reticunassa erythraea (Issel, 1869)
• Reticunassa festiva (Powys, 1835)
• Reticunassa goliath Galindo, Kool & Dekker, 2017
• Reticunassa hanraveni (Kool & Dekker, 2006)
• Reticunassa intrudens Galindo, Kool & Dekker, 2017
• Reticunassa jeanmartini (Kool & Dekker, 2006)
• Reticunassa luteola (E. A. Smith, 1879)
• Reticunassa microstoma (Pease, 1860)
• Reticunassa neoproducta (Kool & Dekker, 2007)
• Reticunassa paupera (Gould, 1850)
• Reticunassa pilata (Hedley, 1915)
• Reticunassa plebecula (Gould, 1860)
• Reticunassa poppeorum Galindo, Kool & Dekker, 2017
• Reticunassa rotunda (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
• Reticunassa silvardi (Kool & Dekker, 2006)
• Reticunassa simoni (Kool & Dekker, 2007)
• Reticunassa taggartorum (Kuroda, 1960)
• Reticunassa thailandensis Galindo, Kool & Dekker, 2017
• Reticunassa tringa (Souverbie, 1864)
• Reticunassa visayaensis Galindo, Kool & Dekker, 2017
• Reticunassa zanzibarensis (Kool & Dekker, 2007)

Taxon inquirendum

• Reticunassa balteata (Pease, 1869)

Species brought into synonymy

• Reticunassa acutidentata (E. A. Smith, 1879): synonym of Nassarius multigranosus (Dunker, 1847)
• Reticunassa chibi Habe, 1960: synonym of Nassarius chibi (Habe, 1960) (original combination)
• Reticunassa dipsacoides (Hedley, 1907): synonym of Nassarius ephamillus (R. B. Watson, 1882): synonym of Tritia ephamilla (R. B. Watson, 1882)
• Reticunassa flindersi Cotton & Godfrey, 1938: synonym of Nassarius ephamillus (R. B. Watson, 1882): synonym of Tritia ephamilla (R. B. Watson, 1882)
• Reticunassa fratercula (Dunker, 1860): synonym of Nassarius fraterculus (Dunker, 1860)
• Reticunassa fraterculus (Dunker, 1860): synonym of Nassarius fraterculus (Dunker, 1860)
• Reticunassa fucolineata (E. A. Smith, 1875): synonym of Nassarius fuscolineatus (E. A. Smith, 1875)
• Reticunassa mobilis (Hedley & May, 1908): synonym of Nassarius mobilis (Hedley & May, 1908)
• Reticunassa praematurata Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1960: synonym of Nassarius praematuratus (Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1960)
• Reticunassa spurca (Gould, 1860): synonym of Nassarius multigranosus (Dunker, 1847)
• Reticunassa verconis (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932): synonym of Nassarius mobilis (Hedley & May, 1908)

References

1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Reticunassa Iredale, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560412 on 2019-11-19

External links

• Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24
• Galindo L.A., Kool H.H. & Dekker H. (2017). Review of the Nassarius pauperus (Gould, 1850) complex (Nassariidae): Part 3, reinstatement of the genus Reticunassa, with the description of six new species. European Journal of Taxonomy. 275: 1-43
• Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353