Nassarius olivaceus

Nassarius olivaceus
	Shell of Nassarius olivaceus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. olivaceus
Binomial name
	Nassarius olivaceus; (Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms
	Arcularia taenia (Gmelin, 1791); Buccinum olivaceumBruguière, 1789 (basionym); Buccinum taeniaGmelin, 1791; Buccinum taeniusGmelin, J.F., 1791; Nassa (Alectryon) taenia(Gmelin, 1791); Nassa (Amycla) dimorpha(Cossmann, 1903); Nassa (Zeuxis) olivacea(Bruguière, 1789); Nassa (Zeuxis) taenia(Gmelin, 1791); Nassa (Zeuxis) taenia var. badiaA. Adams, 1852; Nassa approximataPease, W.H., 1868; Nassa badiaAdams, A., 1852; Nassa dimorphaCossmann, A.E.M., 1903; Nassa fuscaRousseau, 1855; Nassa melanioidesReeve, 1853; Nassa mitralisAdams, A., 1852; Nassa olivacea(Bruguière, 1789); Nassa taenia(Gmelin, 1791); Nassa taenia var. mitralisA. Adams, 1852; Nassarius (Zeuxis) olivaceus(Bruguière, 1789); Nassarius taenius(Gmelin, 1791); Tarazeuxis mitralis(A. Adams, 1852); Zeuxis olivaceus(Marrat, 1877); Zeuxis taenia(Gmelin, 1791);

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Nassarius olivaceus, common name: the olivaceous nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 50 mm

The ovate, conical shell is of a reddish or olive color. It is composed of eight or nine whorls, the lowest of which composes nearly half of the shell. It is smooth, slightly arcuated, and often ornamented upon each whorl with a whitish band. When young, it is marked with convex, longitudinal folds, which are intersected at the base of the body whorl only, by five or six pretty deep transverse striae. Upon the upper whorls the folds are much more close, and also more prominent, than upon the lowest, where they often disappear altogether. The edge of the aperture is whitish, ovate, notched at both ends, the cavity of an ash color. The notch above is small, placed upon the upper edge of the outer lip, where it is contracted to the form of a small canal. The emargination of the base is arched. The outer lip is thick, margined exteriorly, crenulated indistinctly upon the lower edge, and marked within with very distinct, transverse striae. The left lip is continued in front, in a thin leaf which extends a little over the columella. It is smooth interiorly, and edged throughout its whole length with a row of small drops.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Central and East Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Mauritius and Tanzania; off East India, Andaman Islands, Indo-Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)

Parasites

Stephanostomum -like cercariae from Australia: Cercaria capricornia VII^[3]

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References

1 2 Nassarius olivaceus (Bruguière, 1789) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 July 2012.
↑ Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum olivaceum)
↑ Barnett L. J., Miller T. L. & Cribb T. H. (2010). "Two new Stephanostomum-like cercariae (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae) from Nassarius dorsatus and N. olivaceus (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) in Central Queensland, Australia". Zootaxa 2445: 35–52. PDF.

Bruguière, J.G. 1789. Buccinum. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par de matieres. Historie Naturelle des Vers et Mollusques 1: 236–285
Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910
Adams, A. 1852. Catalogue of the species of Nassa, a genus of Gasteropodous Mollusca, belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 94–112
Rousseau, L. 1854. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée , exécuté ... pendant ... 1837–1840, sous le commandemant de M.J. Dumont d'Urville ... publié ... sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, etc. 5: Zoologie. Description des mollusques, coquilles et zoophytes. Paris : Publisher unknown 132 pp.
Pease, W.H. 1868. Description of sixty-five new species of marine gastropodae, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology 3(4): 271–297
Cossmann, M. 1903. Faune Pliocénique de Karikal (Inde Française). Journal de Conchyliologie 51: 105–173, pls 3–6
Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.

External links

"Nassarius (Zeuxis) olivaceus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 February 2011.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Nassarius olivaceus (Bruguière, 1789) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 July 2012.

[Kiener-2] Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum olivaceum)

[3] Barnett L. J., Miller T. L. & Cribb T. H. (2010). "Two new Stephanostomum-like cercariae (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae) from Nassarius dorsatus and N. olivaceus (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) in Central Queensland, Australia". Zootaxa 2445: 35–52. PDF.

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Nassarius olivaceus

Shell of Nassarius olivaceus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. olivaceus
Binomial name
*Nassarius olivaceus* (Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms ^[1]
Arcularia taenia (Gmelin, 1791) Buccinum olivaceumBruguière, 1789 (basionym) Buccinum taeniaGmelin, 1791 Buccinum taeniusGmelin, J.F., 1791 Nassa (Alectryon) taenia(Gmelin, 1791) Nassa (Amycla) dimorpha(Cossmann, 1903) Nassa (Zeuxis) olivacea(Bruguière, 1789) Nassa (Zeuxis) taenia(Gmelin, 1791) Nassa (Zeuxis) taenia var. badiaA. Adams, 1852 Nassa approximataPease, W.H., 1868 Nassa badiaAdams, A., 1852 Nassa dimorphaCossmann, A.E.M., 1903 Nassa fuscaRousseau, 1855 Nassa melanioidesReeve, 1853 Nassa mitralisAdams, A., 1852 Nassa olivacea(Bruguière, 1789) Nassa taenia(Gmelin, 1791) Nassa taenia var. mitralisA. Adams, 1852 Nassarius (Zeuxis) olivaceus(Bruguière, 1789) Nassarius taenius(Gmelin, 1791) Tarazeuxis mitralis(A. Adams, 1852) Zeuxis olivaceus(Marrat, 1877) Zeuxis taenia(Gmelin, 1791)