Nassa (gastropod)
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Nassa is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Muricidae
, the murex snails or rock snails.
The history of the name Nassa is rather confused, because the name was allocated twice:
In the 19th and much of the 20th century, all species that were added to the genus Nassa were Nassa mud snails belonging to the family Nassariidae. After the rediscovery of Röding
's catalogue of his collection Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia, the muricid genus Nassa Röding, 1798 was given priority over the genus Nassa named by Lamarck.
Nassa Lamarck was then synonymized with its oldest synonym Nassarius
Duméril, 1806 by a ruling of the ICZN
Op. 96, Direction 48 (21 Nov 1956)
Species based on Nassa Röding brought into synonymy :
Species based on Nassa Lamarck brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Muricidae
Muricidae
Muricidae, common name murex snails or rock snails, is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails. With approximately 1,600 living species the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neogastropoda. Additionally, 1,200 fossil species have been recognised...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
The history of the name Nassa is rather confused, because the name was allocated twice:
- Nassa Röding, 1798 for mainly muricid species with the type species : Nassa picta Röding, 1798 (= Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1798).
- Nassa Lamarck, 1799 : established for the species Buccinum mutabile Linnaeus, 1758, which is now classified in the family NassariidaeNassariidaeNassariidae, common name nassa mud snails , or dog whelks , are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.-Shell description:...
.
In the 19th and much of the 20th century, all species that were added to the genus Nassa were Nassa mud snails belonging to the family Nassariidae. After the rediscovery of Röding
Peter Friedrich Röding
Peter Friedrich Röding was a German malacologist who lived in Hamburg. Very little is known about this naturalist.Many of Röding's descriptions are of species which were first named by earlier authors such as Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz, Friedrich Wilhelm Martini and Martin Lister...
's catalogue of his collection Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia, the muricid genus Nassa Röding, 1798 was given priority over the genus Nassa named by Lamarck.
Nassa Lamarck was then synonymized with its oldest synonym Nassarius
Nassarius
Nassarius, common name nassa mud snails or dog whelks , is a genus of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Nassariidae. -Etymology:...
Duméril, 1806 by a ruling of the ICZN
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature is an organization dedicated to "achieving stability and sense in the scientific naming of animals". Founded in 1895, it currently comprises 28 members from 20 countries, mainly practicing zoological taxonomists...
Op. 96, Direction 48 (21 Nov 1956)
Species
Species within the genus Nassa include:- Nassa francolinaNassa francolinaNassa francolina, common name : the Francolina Jopas, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails .-Description:The shell size varies between 33 mm and 70 mm-Distribution:...
(Bruguière, 1789) - Nassa sertaNassa sertaNassa serta, common name the sertum rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.-Description:The shell size varies between 38 mm and 70 mm...
(Bruguière, 1789) - Nassa situlaNassa situlaNassa situla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Oman.-References:...
(Reeve, 1846) - Nassa tuamotuensisNassa tuamotuensisNassa tuamotuensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.-Description:The shell size varies between 24 mm and 64 mm-Distribution:...
Houart, 1996
Species based on Nassa Röding brought into synonymy :
- Nassa francolinus (Bruguière, 1789): synonym of Nassa francolinaNassa francolinaNassa francolina, common name : the Francolina Jopas, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails .-Description:The shell size varies between 33 mm and 70 mm-Distribution:...
(Bruguière, 1789) - Nassa ligata Röding, 1798 : synonym of Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Nassa lunata Say, 1826 : synonym of Astyris lunataAstyris lunataAstyris lunata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
(Say, 1826) - Nassa molliana Chemnitz, 1780 : synonym of Babylonia valentiana (Swainson, 1822)
- Nassa picta Röding, 1798 : synonym of Nassa sertaNassa sertaNassa serta, common name the sertum rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.-Description:The shell size varies between 38 mm and 70 mm...
(Bruguière, 1789) - Nassa rudis Roding, 1798 : synonym of Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Nassa subcancellata Turton, 1932 : synonym of Aesopus angustus Lussi, 2001
- Nassa varians Dunker, 1860 : synonym of Mitrella bicincta (Gould, 1860)
Species based on Nassa Lamarck brought into synonymy :
- Nassa costulata (Renieri, 1804) : synonym of Nassarius cuvieriiNassarius cuvieriiNassarius cuvierii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks....
(Payraudeau, 1826) - Nassa granum : synonym of Nassarius grana (Lamarck, 1822)
- Nassa kraussiana Dunker : synonym of Nassarius kraussianusNassarius kraussianusNassarius kraussianus, common name the tick shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.-Description:The size of the shell varies from 6 mm to 10 mm...
(Dunker, 1846) - Nassa lathraia : synonym of Nassarius sinusigerus (A. Adams, 1852)
- Nassa miser (Dall, 1908) : synonym of Nassarius coppingeri (E.A. Smith, 1881)
- Nassa munda : synonym of Nassarius idyllius (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
- Nassa obockensis : synonym of Nassarius deshayesianus (Issel, 1866)
- Nassa optima Sowerby, 1903 : synonym of Nassarius optimus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903)
- Nassa pagoda (Reeve, 1844) : synonym of Nassarius pagodus (Reeve, 1844)
- Nassa pulla (Linnaeus, 1758) : synonym of Nassarius pullusNassarius pullusNassarius pullus , common names : Black Nassa; Olive Dog Whelk; Ribbed Dog Whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.-Description:...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Nassa semistriata : synonym of Nassarius semistriatus (Brocchi, 1814) †
- Nassa steindachneri : synonym of Nassarius siquijorensisNassarius siquijorensisNassarius siquijorensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks....
(A. Adams, 1852) - Nassa stiphra : synonym of Nassarius agapetus (Watson, 1882)
- Nassa tegula Reeve, 1853 : synonym of Nassarius striatus (C.B. Adams, 1852)
- Nassa xesta : synonym of Nassarius comptusNassarius comptusNassarius comptus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.There is one subspecies : Nassarius comptus polita -Description:...
(A. Adams, 1852)