Nassaria

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Genus of gastropods

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  • Benthindsia Iredale, 1936
  • Hindsia A. Adams, 1855
  • † Hindsia (Nihonophos) MacNeil, 1961
  • Microfusus Dall, 1916
  • Nassaria (Microfusus) Dall, 1916
  • Plicifusus (Microfusus) Dall, 1916 |display_parents = 3

Nassaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Tomliniinae of the family Nassariidae.

Taxonomy

This genus was treated within family Buccinidae. It was moved to family Nassariidae in 2016.

Type species

The issue regarding type species of the genus Nassaria Link, 1807 is confusing. Cernohorsky (1981) and Fraussen (2006) assume “Nassaria lyrata Link, 1807”. Considering other instances in Link (1807), this latter name is expected to represent a new combination for Buccinum lyratum Gmelin, 1791, not as a separately available new taxon. Link’s (1807) original reference reads “N. lyrata. L. G. p. 3494. M.C. 4, t. 122, f. 1122, 1123“ [”L.G.” stands for Linnaeus, Gmelin edition and M.C. For Martini & Chemnitz’s “Conchylien Cabinet”].

Nevertheless, as pointed out by Mörch (1862), MacNeil (1961), and others, the two cited references are inconsistent. Gmelin’s Buccinum lyratum is introduced on pp. 3494–3495, and currently considered as a synonym of Boreotrophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767) whereas the reference to Martini & Chemnitz (1780), vol. 4, t. 122, f. 1122, 1123 matches Buccinum album Gmelin, 1791, described on page 3495 with reference to the same figures. The vernacular name “Fischreuseschnecken” (a German translation of Nassa snails) used by Link matches “Fischreuse” used by Martini & Chemnitz for f. 1122, 1123, indicating that the latter was the species really intended. This is the rationale for the current interpretation, where Nassaria lyrata Link, 1807 is considered an available name based on Martini & Chemnitz f. 1122, 1123 and objective junior synonym of Buccinum album Gmelin, 1791.

Description

The shell is ovately fusiform. The spire is acuminated. The whorls are longitudinally ribbed and cancellated. The aperture ends anteriorly in a long recurved siphonal canal. The inner lip is thin, circumscribed and transversely corrugately plicated. The outer lip is grooved internally.

Species

Species within the genus Nassaria include:

;Species brought into synonymy :

  • Nassaria auritula Link, 1807: synonym of Gemophos auritulus (Link, 1807)
  • Nassaria bushii Dall, 1889: synonym of Nassarina bushiae (Dall, 1889)
  • Nassaria cirsiumoides Fraussen, 2004: synonym of Phaenomenella cirsiumoides (Fraussen, 2004)
  • Nassaria columbellata Dall, 1889: synonym of Metulella columbellata (Dall, 1889)
  • Nassaria kampyla Watson, 1885: synonym of Sassia kampyla (Watson, 1885)
  • Nassaria laevier [sic]: synonym of Nassaria laevior E. A. Smith, 1899
  • Nassaria lyrata Link, 1807: synonym of Nassaria pusilla (Röding, 1798)
  • Nassaria mordica Hedley, 1909 : synonym of Orania fischeriana (Tapparone-Canefri, 1882)
  • Nassaria multiplicata G. B. Sowerby II, 1859: synonym of Nassaria pusilla (Röding, 1798)

References

  • MacNeil F. S. (1961 ["1960"]) Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339: iv + 148 pp., 21 pls.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp

References

  1. Link (1807). ''Beschr. Nat. Samml. Univ. Rostock'' (3): page 123.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nassaria Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205431 on 2021-09-02
  3. Galindo, L. A., Puillandre, N., Utge, J., Lozouet, P., & Bouchet, P. (2016). "The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea)". ''[[Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution]]'' '''99''': 337-353. {{doi. 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.019
  4. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls]
  5. {{WRMS species. 215046. ''Nassaria acuminata'' (Reeve, 1881). 17 April 2010
  6. {{WRMS species. 458170. ''Nassaria callomoni'' Poppe, Tagaro & Fraussen, 2008. 17 April 2010
  7. {{WRMS species. 389996. ''Nassaria corollaria'' Fraussen, 2006. 17 April 2010
  8. {{WRMS species. 457359. ''Nassaria exquisita'' Fraussen & Poppe, 2007. 17 April 2010
  9. {{WRMS species. 457367. ''Nassaria fibula'' Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2008. 17 April 2010
  10. {{WRMS species. 215045. ''Nassaria gracilis'' Sowerby, 1902. 17 April 2010
  11. {{WRMS species. 457360. ''Nassaria gyroscopoides'' Fraussen & Poppe, 2007. 17 April 2010
  12. {{WRMS species. 389997. ''Nassaria incisa'' Fraussen, 2006. 17 April 2010
  13. {{WRMS species. 389998. ''Nassaria intacta'' Fraussen, 2006. 17 April 2010
  14. {{WRMS species. 389999. ''Nassaria moosai'' Fraussen, 2006. 17 April 2010
  15. {{WRMS species. 457389. ''Nassaria nebulonis'' Fraussen, Dharma & Stahlschmidt, 2009. 17 April 2010
  16. {{WRMS species. 388979. ''Nassaria perlata'' Poppe & Fraussen, 2004. 17 April 2010
  17. {{WRMS species. 390000. ''Nassaria tarta'' Fraussen, 2006. 17 April 2010
  18. {{WRMS species. 390001. ''Nassaria termesoides'' Fraussen, 2006. 17 April 2010
  19. {{WRMS species. 457361. ''Nassaria thalassomeli'' Fraussen & Poppe, 2007. 17 April 2010
  20. {{WRMS species. 457362. ''Nassaria thesaura'' Fraussen & Poppe, 2007. 17 April 2010
  21. {{WRMS species. 390002. ''Nassaria wallacei'' Fraussen, 2006. 17 April 2010
  22. {{WRMS species. 458724. ''Nassaria wanneri'' (Tesch in Wanner, 1915). 17 April 2010

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