Nassaria

Nassaria
Nassaria exquisita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Nassaria
Rafinesque, 1815
Type species
Nassaria lyrata Link, 1807
Synonyms[1]
  • Benthindsia Iredale, 1936
  • Hindsia A. Adams, 1855
  • Microfusus Dall, 1916
  • Nassaria (Microfusus) Dall, 1916
  • Plicifusus (Microfusus) Dall, 1916

Nassaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

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. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Nassaria include:

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nassaria .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Nassaria acuminata (Reeve, 1881).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Nassaria callomoni Poppe, Tagaro & Fraussen, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Nassaria corollaria Fraussen, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Nassaria exquisita Fraussen & Poppe, 2007.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Nassaria fibula Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Nassaria gracilis Sowerby, 1902.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  8. ↑ Nassaria gyroscopoides Fraussen & Poppe, 2007.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  9. ↑ Nassaria incisa Fraussen, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  10. ↑ Nassaria intacta Fraussen, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  11. ↑ Nassaria moosai Fraussen, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  12. ↑ Nassaria nebulonis Fraussen, Dharma & Stahlschmidt, 2009.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  13. ↑ Nassaria perlata Poppe & Fraussen, 2004.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  14. ↑ Nassaria tarta Fraussen, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  15. ↑ Nassaria termesoides Fraussen, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  16. ↑ Nassaria thalassomeli Fraussen & Poppe, 2007.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  17. ↑ Nassaria thesaura Fraussen & Poppe, 2007.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  18. ↑ Nassaria wallacei Fraussen, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  19. ↑ Nassaria wanneri (Tesch in Wanner, 1915).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.


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