Nassaria

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Nassaria

Genus of gastropods

Nassaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Tomliniinae of the family Nassariidae.[2]

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Taxonomy

This genus was treated within family Buccinidae. It was moved to family Nassariidae in 2016.[3]

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.[2]

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. [4]

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

  1. [1]
    Link (1807). Beschr. Nat. Samml. Univ. Rostock (3): page 123.
  2. [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. [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. [4]
    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. [5]
    Nassaria acuminata (Reeve, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  6. [6]
    Nassaria callomoni Poppe, Tagaro & Fraussen, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  7. [7]
    Nassaria corollaria Fraussen, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  8. [8]
    Nassaria exquisita Fraussen & Poppe, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  9. [9]
    Nassaria fibula Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  10. [10]
    Nassaria gracilis Sowerby, 1902. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  11. [11]
    Nassaria gyroscopoides Fraussen & Poppe, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  12. [12]
    Nassaria incisa Fraussen, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  13. [13]
    Nassaria intacta Fraussen, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  14. [14]
    Nassaria moosai Fraussen, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  15. [15]
    Nassaria nebulonis Fraussen, Dharma & Stahlschmidt, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  16. [16]
    Nassaria perlata Poppe & Fraussen, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  17. [17]
    Nassaria tarta Fraussen, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  18. [18]
    Nassaria termesoides Fraussen, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  19. [19]
    Nassaria thalassomeli Fraussen & Poppe, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  20. [20]
    Nassaria thesaura Fraussen & Poppe, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  21. [21]
    Nassaria wallacei Fraussen, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  22. [22]
    Nassaria wanneri (Tesch in Wanner, 1915). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
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  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
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