Keepingia

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Keepingia

Shell of † Keepingia laevis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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]

* † Colwellia Nuttall & J. Cooper, 1973
* † Desorinassa Nuttall & J. Cooper, 1973

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. ↑ 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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