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Sassia (Sassia)

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy

Sassia (Sassia) was named by Bellardi (1872).

It was assigned to Sassia by Bellardi (1872) and Beu (1978).

Subtaxa

Eutritonium (Monocirsus) namnetense, Sassia (Sassia) marshalli, Sassia (Sassia) neozelanica (syn. Sassia (Sassia) clifdenensis), Sassia (Sassia) zealta

Species lacking formal opinion data

Eutritonium permutabile, Sassia monilifera

Synonyms

Triton (Monocirsus) was named by Cossmann (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l].

It was Eutritonium (Monocirsus) by Cossmann (1919); it was synonymized subjectively with Sassia (Sassia) by Beu (1986); it was synonymized subjectively with Sassia by Beu (1998); it was reranked as Monocirsus by Sepkoski (2002) and Beu (2005).

It was assigned to Triton by Cossmann (1889); to Eutritonium by Cossmann (1919); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Laubierinidae by Beu (2005).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1872	Sassia (Sassia) Bellardi
1889	Triton (Monocirsus) Cossmann p. 116
1919	Eutritonium (Monocirsus) Cossmann
1978	Sassia (Sassia) Beu p. 30
2002	Monocirsus Sepkoski
2005	Monocirsus Beu p. 103

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
superfamily	Tonnoidea	(Suter 1913)
family	Ranellidae	Gray 1854
subfamily	Cymatiinae	Iredale 1913
genus	Sassia	(Bellardi 1872)
subgenus	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.

Subg. †Sassia (Sassia) Bellardi 1872

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†Sassia (Sassia) marshalli Beu 1978

†Sassia (Sassia) neozelanica Marshall and Murdoch 1923

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Invalid names: Sassia (Sassia) clifdenensis Finlay 1924 [synonym]

†Sassia (Sassia) zealta Laws 1939

Invalid names: Sassia (Monocirsus) Cossmann 1889 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available