Sansonia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Pickworthiinae of the family Pickworthiidae.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
General characteristics (Originally described in French) Its form is that of a small trochiform shell with a high spire, thick walls, a circular aperture, and a continuous peristome, externally reinforced by an annular ridge that gives the appearance of a double lip.
Species Sansonia alisonae Le Renard & Bouchet, 2003 Sansonia andamanica (Preston, 1908) † Sansonia aturensis Lozouet, 2024 Sansonia cebuana Bandel & Kowalke, 1997 Sansonia costata Kase, 1998 Sansonia halligani (Hedley, 1899) † Sansonia hedegaardi Bandel & Kowalke, 1997 Sansonia hilutangensis Bandel & Kowalke, 1997 Sansonia iejimensis Kase, 1998 † Sansonia imperforata Lozouet, 2024 Sansonia iredalei (Bavay, 1922) Sansonia kirkpatricki (Iredale, 1917) † Sansonia miocaenica Janssen, 2004 † Sansonia nuda Kase, 1998 † Sansonia orthensis Lozouet, 2024 † Sansonia schnetleri Lozouet, 2024 Sansonia shigemitsui Kase, 1998 Sansonia sumatrensis (Thiele, 1925) † Sansonia texana Garvie, 2021 Sansonia tuberculata (R. B. Watson, 1886) Sansonia umbilicata Jousseaume, 1921
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)
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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.