Keepingia
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
| Keepingia | |
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| Shell of † Keepingia laevis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | †Keepingia Nuttall & J. Cooper, 1973 |
| Type species | |
| † Buccinum gossardii Nyst, 1836 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Keepingia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Dorsaninae of the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Species
- † Keepingia gossardii (Nyst, 1836)
- † Keepingia laevis Lozouet, 1999
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Keepingia Nuttall & J. Cooper, 1973 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851292 on 2021-04-12
- Nuttall C.P. & Cooper J. (1973). A review of some English Paleogene Nassariidae, formerly referred to Cominella. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. 23(3): 179–219.
- Lozouet, P., 1999. Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana 6(1-2): 1-68
- Lozouet P. & Galindo L.A. (2015). Resolution of the confused classification of some Miocene Nassariidae, and reappraisal of their paleobiodiversity on the French Atlantic seaboard. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 144(1): 31-50
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q27806337 entry
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