Nassarius gaudiosus

Nassarius gaudiosus
Several views of a shell of Nassarius gaudiosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Family:Nassariidae
Genus:Nassarius
Species: N. gaudiosus
Binomial name
Nassarius gaudiosus
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alectrion gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844)
  • Arcularia gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844)
  • Buccinum (Nassa) semiplicatum Dunker, 1853
  • Nassa (Alectryon) mucronata A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Telasco) gaudiosa Hinds, 1844
  • Nassa (Zeuxis) gaudiosa Hinds, 1844
  • Nassa gaudiosa Hinds, 1844
  • Nassa graphitera Beck in Marrat, 1877
  • Nassa lilacina Goulds, 1852
  • Nassa mucronata A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa semisulcata Dunker, 1867
  • Nassarius (Alectrion) mucronatus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius (Niotha) gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844)
  • Nassarius (Tarazeuxis) mucronatus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius (Telasco) gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844)
  • Nassarius gaudiosus mucronatus (A. Adams, 1851)
  • Nassarius mucronata
  • Tarazeuxis mucronatus (A. Adams, 1852)

Nassarius gaudiosus, common name the gaudy nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 29 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius; in Hawaii (Maui); and in the West Pacific.

References

  1. 1 2 Nassarius gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 July 2012.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.
  • 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
  • Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
  • Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.


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