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Sassia

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy

Charonia (Sassia) was named by Bellardi (1872). It is extant. Its type is Triton apenninicum.

It was Triton (Sassia) by Sacco (1904); it was reranked as Sassia by Turner (1938), Beu (1978), Squires (1987), Dockery (1993), Wilson (1993), Harzhauser (2002), Sepkoski (2002), Harzhauser (2004), Beu (2005), Harasewych and Beu (2007), Nielson and Valdovinos (2008) and Darragh (2017).

It was assigned to Triton by Sacco (1904); to Charonia by Kojumdgieva and Strachimirov (1960) and Karagiuleva (1964); to Ranellinae by Beu (1978); to Cymatiidae by Turner (1938), Dockery (1993) and Harzhauser (2002); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Cymatiinae by Squires (1987), Wilson (1993), Harzhauser (2004), Beu (2005) and Harasewych and Beu (2007); and to Ranellidae by Nielson and Valdovinos (2008) and Darragh (2017).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Eutritonium permutabile, S. africana, S. monilifera, S. nigeriana

Sister taxa

S. (Byramia), S. (Personella) (syn. Byramia), S. (Sassia) (syn. S. (Monocirsus))

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Synonyms

Proxicharonia was named by Powell (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 681]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Sassia (Proxicharonia) by Beu (1978); it was synonymized subjectively with Sassia by Beu (2005).

It was assigned to Sassia by Beu (1978); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).
Cymatoma was named by Iredale (1929). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sassia by Beu (2005).
Charoniella was named by Powell and Bartrum (1929).

It was synonymized subjectively with Sassia by Beu (2005).
Phanozesta was named by Iredale (1936). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sassia by Beu (2005).
Negyrina was named by Iredale (1929). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sassia by Beu (2010).
Austrosassia was named by Finlay (1931) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Sassia (Austrosassia) by Beu (1976); it was synonymized subjectively with Sassia by Beu et al. (1990) and Beu (2005).

It was assigned to Sassia by Beu (1976); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).
Austrotriton was named by Cossmann (1903) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo T Mi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 909].

It was reranked as Sassia (Austrotriton) by Beu (1976) and Beu (2005); it was synonymized subjectively with Sassia by Beu (2010).

It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sassia by Beu (1976) and Beu (2005).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1872	Charonia (Sassia) Bellardi
1903	Austrotriton Cossmann p. 93
1904	Triton (Sassia) Sacco p. 38
1929	Negyrina Iredale
1929	Cymatoma Iredale p. 177
1929	Charoniella Powell and Bartrum p. 426
1931	Austrosassia Finlay p. 7
1936	Phanozesta Iredale
1938	Proxicharonia Powell p. 373
1938	Sassia Turner p. 91
1960	Charonia (Sassia) Kojumdgieva and Strachimirov p. 137
1964	Charonia (Sassia) Karagiuleva p. 189
1976	Sassia (Austrosassia) Beu pp. 304 - 305
1976	Sassia (Austrotriton) Beu p. 305
1978	Sassia Beu p. 30
1978	Sassia (Proxicharonia) Beu p. 32
1987	Sassia Squires p. 40
1993	Sassia Dockery p. 78
1993	Sassia Wilson p. 249
2002	Sassia Harzhauser p. 92
2002	Austrosassia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Austrotriton Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Proxicharonia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Sassia Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Sassia Harzhauser p. 135
2005	Sassia (Austrotriton) Beu p. 33
2005	Sassia Beu p. 103
2007	Sassia Harasewych and Beu p. 90
2008	Sassia Nielson and Valdovinos p. 209
2017	Sassia Darragh p. 52

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Tonnoidea	(Suter 1913)
family	Ranellidae	Gray 1854
subfamily	Cymatiinae	Iredale 1913
genus	Sassia	(Bellardi 1872)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available