| Nassaria | |
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| Nassaria exquisita shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Nassaria Link, 1807 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Nassaria lyrata Link, 1807 | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Nassaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Tomliniinae of the family Nassariidae. [2]
This genus was treated within family Buccinidae. It was moved to family Nassariidae in 2016. [3]
The issue regarding type species of the genus NassariaLink, 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 lyratumGmelin, 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 lyrataLink, 1807 is considered an available name based on Martini & Chemnitz f. 1122, 1123 and objective junior synonym of Buccinum album Gmelin, 1791. [2]
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 within the genus Nassaria include:
Buccinum is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Fusinus is a genus of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails and tulip snails.
Neptunea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neptuneinae of the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Pyramidella is a genus of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Pyramidellinae of the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Daphnella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Tritonoturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Clathurella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae.
Nassaria callomoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the true whelks.
Nassaria exquisita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the true whelks.
Nassaria gyroscopoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the true whelks.
Nassaria nebulonis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the true whelks.
Nassaria thalassomeli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the true whelks.
Nassaria thesaura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the true whelks.
Nassaria wanneri is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the true whelks.
Antillophos is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae.
Euthria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Phos is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae.
Pisania is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles.
Nassa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Inquisitor is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
