Sansonia (gastropod)

Genus of gastropods

Sansonia

Shell of Sansonia andamanica (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Cerithioidea
Family:  | Pickworthiidae
Genus:  | Sansonia
Jousseaume, 1892
Type species
Iphitus tuberculatus R. B. Watson, 1886

Synonyms[1]

* Mecoliotia Hedley, 1899
* Pickworthia Iredale, 1917

Sansonia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Pickworthiinae of the family Pickworthiidae.[1]

## Species

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* Sansonia alisonae Le Renard & Bouchet, 2003
* Sansonia andamanica (Preston, 1908)
* Sansonia cebuana Bandel & Kowalke, 1997
* Sansonia costata Kase, 1998
* Sansonia halligani (Hedley, 1899)
* Sansonia hilutangensis Bandel & Kowalke, 1997
* Sansonia iejimensis Kase, 1998
* Sansonia kirkpatricki (Iredale, 1917)
* Sansonia nuda Kase, 1998
* Sansonia shigemitsui Kase, 1998
* Sansonia sumatrensis (Thiele, 1925)
* Sansonia tuberculata (R. B. Watson, 1886)

Synonyms

* Sansonia andrei Jousseaume, 1921: synonym of Sansonia kirkpatricki (Iredale, 1917)
* Sansonia christinae Selli, 1974: synonym of Sansonia kirkpatricki (Iredale, 1917)
* Sansonia fauroti Jousseaume, 1921: synonym of Sansonia andamanica (Preston, 1908)
* † Sansonia italica Raffi & Taviani, 1985: synonym of Mareleptopoma minor (Almera & Bofill, 1898)
* † Sansonia kenneyi (Ladd, 1966): synonym of † Mareleptopoma kenneyi (Ladd, 1966)
* Sansonia sansonia Jousseaume, 1921: synonym of Sansonia andamanica (Preston, 1908)
* Sansonia semisculpta Espinosa & Fernández-Garcés, 1990: synonym of Cubasansonia semisculpta (Espinosa & Fernández-Garcés, 1990) (original combination)
* Sansonia umbilicata Jousseaume, 1921: synonym of Sansonia andamanica (Preston, 1908)

## References

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1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391578 on 2022-05-01

## External links

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* Iredale, T. (1917). On some new species of marine mollusca from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 12: 331-334.

Taxon identifiers

Sansonia|

* Wikidata: Q18518951
* AFD: Sansonia
* BOLD: 1084123
* CoL: 7PG7H
* GBIF: 2299828
* IRMNG: 1414641
* ITIS: 70294
* Open Tree of Life: 2915446
* Paleobiology Database: 62170
* WoRMS: 391578