Demoulia Explained

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

Description

The ovate-globose shell is covered with a downy epidermis. The spire is short, conical with a papillary apex. The whorls are depressed. The aperture is ovate. The inner lip is thickened, with a ridge posteriorly. The outer lip is contracted, thickened externally and plicated internally.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Demoulia include:

• Demoulia abbreviata (Gmelin, 1791)
• † Demoulia conglobata (Brocchi, 1814)
• Demoulia nataliae Kilburn, 1972
• Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807)
• † Demoulia pupa (Brocchi, 1814)
• Demoulia tryoni (Crosse, 1869)
• Demoulia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)
• † Demoulia zbyszewskii Landau, Marques da Silva & Gili, 2009

Species brought into synonymy :

• Demoulia kurodai Tomlin, 1932 : synonym of Nassarius sufflatus (Gould, 1860)
• Demoulia pulchra Gray, 1838 : synonym of Demoulia obtusata (Link, 1807)
• Demoulia retusa (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Demoulia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)

References

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

• Gray, J.E. (1838). On some new species of quadrupeds and shells. Annals of Natural History. ser. 1, 1: 27-30
• 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

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls