WoRMS taxon details
Sassia Bellardi, 1873
181011 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181011)
accepted
Genus
Triton apenninicum Sasso, 1827 † accepted as Sassia apenninica (Sasso, 1827) † (type by subsequent designation)
Charonia (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Eutritonium (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Lampusia (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Monocirsus Cossmann, 1889 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Phanozesta Iredale, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sassia (Sassia) Bellardi, 1872 · unaccepted
Sassoia Rovereto, 1900 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation of Sassia)
Triton (Monocirsus) Cossmann, 1889 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Triton (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Tritonium (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Sassia melpangi Harasewych & Beu, 2007
- Species Sassia midwayensis (T. Habe & Okutani, 1968)
- Species Sassia monsecouri Thach, 2024
- Species Sassia mozambicana R. Aiken & Seccombe, 2019
- Species Sassia nassariformis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1902)
- Species Sassia remensa (Iredale, 1936)
- Species Sassia semitorta (Kuroda & T. Habe, 1952)
- Species Sassia vanmati Thach, 2025
- Subgenus Sassia (Austrosassia) H. J. Finlay, 1931 accepted as Austrosassia H. J. Finlay, 1931 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Sassia (Austrotriton) Cossmann, 1903 accepted as Austrotriton Cossmann, 1903
- Subgenus Sassia (Cymatiella) Iredale, 1924 accepted as Cymatiella Iredale, 1924
- Species Sassia (Cymatiella) ansonae Beu, 1988 accepted as Cymatiella ansonae (Beu, 1988) (superseded combination)
- Subgenus Sassia (Gyrineum) Link, 1807 accepted as Gyrineum Link, 1807 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Sassia (Sassia) Bellardi, 1872 accepted as Sassia Bellardi, 1873
- Species Sassia (Sassia) parkinsonia (G. Perry, 1811) accepted as Austrosassia parkinsonia (G. Perry, 1811) (superseded combination)
- Species Sassia (Sassia) ponderi Beu, 1987 accepted as Austrosassia ponderi (Beu, 1987) (superseded combination)
- Species Sassia bassi (Angas, 1869) accepted as Austrotriton bassi (Angas, 1869) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sassia epitrema (Tenison Woods, 1877) accepted as Austrotriton epitremus (Tenison Woods, 1877)
- Species Sassia garrardi (Beu, 1970) accepted as Austrotriton garrardi Beu, 1970 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sassia kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883) accepted as Cymatona kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sassia lewisi Harasewych & Petuch, 1980 accepted as Personella lewisi (Harasewych & Petuch, 1980) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sassia lindneri Parth, 1992 accepted as Austrosassia parkinsonia (G. Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sassia marshalli Beu, 1978 accepted as Sassia remensa (Iredale, 1936) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sassia mimetica (Tate, 1893) accepted as Austrotriton mimeticus (Tate, 1893) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sassia palmeri (A. W. B. Powell, 1967) accepted as Proxicharonia palmeri A. W. B. Powell, 1967 (superseded combination)
- Species Sassia parkinsonia (G. Perry, 1811) accepted as Austrosassia parkinsonia (G. Perry, 1811) (superseded combination)
- Species Sassia petulans (Hedley & May, 1908) accepted as Austrotriton petulans (Hedley & May, 1908) (superseded combination)
- Species Sassia philomelae (R. B. Watson, 1881) accepted as Cymatona philomelae (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sassia ponderi Beu, 1987 accepted as Austrosassia ponderi (Beu, 1987)
- Species Sassia subdistorta (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Austrotriton subdistortus (Lamarck, 1822) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Triton (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873) Bellardi, L. (1873). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte I. Cephalopoda, Pteropoda, Heteropoda. Gasteropoda (Muricidae et Tritonidae). Stamperia Reale, Torino, 264 pp., 15 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45374
page(s): 219 [details]
page(s): 219 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Sassia Bellardi, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181011 on 2026-03-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Phanozesta Iredale, 1936) Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [7 April 1936]., available online at https://journals.australianmuseum.net.au/iredale-1936-rec-aust-mus-195-267340/
page(s): 309 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Triton (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873) Bellardi, L. (1873). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte I. Cephalopoda, Pteropoda, Heteropoda. Gasteropoda (Muricidae et Tritonidae). Stamperia Reale, Torino, 264 pp., 15 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45374
page(s): 219 [details]
original description (of Sassoia Rovereto, 1900) Rovereto, G. (1900). Illustrazione dei molluschi fossili tongriani posseduti dal Museo Geologico della R. Universita' di Genova. <em>Atti della R. Universita' di Genova.</em> 15: 1–210, 1-9 pls.
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Triton (Monocirsus) Cossmann, 1889 †) Cossmann, M. (1888). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. <em>Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 23: 3-328; pls 1-12. [published 1889; also published as preprint in 1888; see Breure & Backhuys, 2012: 140]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609412
page(s): 112 (116) [details]
basis of record Beu, A. G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 178: 1-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58988686 [details]
page(s): 309 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Triton (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873) Bellardi, L. (1873). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte I. Cephalopoda, Pteropoda, Heteropoda. Gasteropoda (Muricidae et Tritonidae). Stamperia Reale, Torino, 264 pp., 15 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45374
page(s): 219 [details]
original description (of Sassoia Rovereto, 1900) Rovereto, G. (1900). Illustrazione dei molluschi fossili tongriani posseduti dal Museo Geologico della R. Universita' di Genova. <em>Atti della R. Universita' di Genova.</em> 15: 1–210, 1-9 pls.
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Triton (Monocirsus) Cossmann, 1889 †) Cossmann, M. (1888). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. <em>Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 23: 3-328; pls 1-12. [published 1889; also published as preprint in 1888; see Breure & Backhuys, 2012: 140]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609412
page(s): 112 (116) [details]
basis of record Beu, A. G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 178: 1-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58988686 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
