Keepingia
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon = Keepingia
|image = Keepingia laevis (MNHN-IM-2000-6424).jpeg
|image_caption = Shell of † Keepingia laevis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
|authority = Nuttall & J. Cooper, 1973
|synonyms =
- † Colwellia Nuttall & J. Cooper, 1973
- † Desorinassa Nuttall & J. Cooper, 1973
|type_species= † Buccinum gossardii Nyst, 1836
|display_parents = 3
}}
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.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
Species
- † Keepingia gossardii (Nyst, 1836)
- † Keepingia laevis Lozouet, 1999
References
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- 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
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