Subfamily Dorsaninae Cossmann 1901 (snail)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Parent taxon: Nassariidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Amyclina, Bathynassa, Bullia, Bulliinae, Bulliopsis, Colwellia, Cyllene, Cylleninae, Engoniophos, Ilyanassa, Leptarius, Molopophorus, Nassaria, Nassariinae, Pallacera, Phrontis, Profundinassa, Pseudostrombus, Psilarius, Sudonassarius, Tritia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dorsaninae in the database