Sansonia (gastropod)
| Sansonia | |
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| Shell of Sansonia andamanica (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Pickworthiidae |
| Genus: | Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Iphitus tuberculatus R. B. Watson, 1886 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sansonia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Pickworthiinae of the family Pickworthiidae.[1]
General characteristics
(Originally described in French) Its form is that of a small trochiform shell with a high spire, thick walls, a circular aperture, and a continuous peristome, externally reinforced by an annular ridge that gives the appearance of a double lip. [2]
Species
- Sansonia alisonae Le Renard & Bouchet, 2003
- Sansonia andamanica (Preston, 1908)
- † Sansonia aturensis Lozouet, 2024
- Sansonia cebuana Bandel & Kowalke, 1997
- Sansonia costata Kase, 1998
- Sansonia halligani (Hedley, 1899)
- † Sansonia hedegaardi Bandel & Kowalke, 1997
- Sansonia hilutangensis Bandel & Kowalke, 1997
- Sansonia iejimensis Kase, 1998
- † Sansonia imperforata Lozouet, 2024
- Sansonia iredalei (Bavay, 1922)
- Sansonia kirkpatricki (Iredale, 1917)
- † Sansonia miocaenica Janssen, 2004 †
- Sansonia nuda Kase, 1998
- † Sansonia orthensis Lozouet, 2024
- † Sansonia schnetleri Lozouet, 2024
- Sansonia shigemitsui Kase, 1998
- Sansonia sumatrensis (Thiele, 1925)
- † Sansonia texana Garvie, 2021
- Sansonia tuberculata (R. B. Watson, 1886)
- Sansonia umbilicata Jousseaume, 1921
- Synonyms
- Sansonia andrei Jousseaume, 1921: synonym of Sansonia kirkpatricki (Iredale, 1917)
- Sansonia christinae Selli, 1974: synonym of Sansonia kirkpatricki (Iredale, 1917)
- Sansonia fauroti Jousseaume, 1921: synonym of Sansonia andamanica (Preston, 1908)
- † Sansonia italica Raffi & Taviani, 1985: synonym of Mareleptopoma minor (Almera & Bofill, 1898)
- † Sansonia kenneyi (Ladd, 1966): synonym of † Mareleptopoma kenneyi (Ladd, 1966)
- Sansonia sansonia Jousseaume, 1921: synonym of Sansonia andamanica (Preston, 1908)
- Sansonia semisculpta Espinosa & Fernández-Garcés, 1990: synonym of Cubasansonia semisculpta (Espinosa & Fernández-Garcés, 1990) (original combination)
References
- 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391578 on 2022-05-01
- ↑ Jousseaume, F. (1892). "Réflexions sur la faune malacologique de la Mer Rouge". Annales des Sciences naturelles, Zoologie. 7 (12): 344. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
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