Nassa (gastropod)

Nassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Nassa
Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]

Iopas Adams, 1853

Nassa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

The history of the name Nassa is rather confused, because the name was allocated twice:

In the 19th and much of the 20th century, all species that were added to the genus Nassa were Nassa mud snails belonging to the family Nassariidae. After the rediscovery of Röding's catalogue of his collection Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia, the muricid genus Nassa Röding, 1798 was given priority over the genus Nassa named by Lamarck.

Nassa Lamarck was then synonymized with its oldest synonym Nassarius Duméril, 1806 by a ruling of the ICZN Op. 96, Direction 48 (21 Nov 1956) [2]

Species

Species within the genus Nassa include:

Species based on Nassa Röding brought into synonymy 
Species based on Nassa Lamarck brought into synonymy 

References

  1. ^ a b Nassa Röding, 1798.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204812 on 24 February 2011.
  2. ^ Animal Base : Röding, P. F. [1798 ]
  3. ^ Nassa francolina (Bruguière, 1789).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215700 on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1789).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215680 on 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ Nassa situla (Reeve, 1846).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397006 on 25 April 2010.
  6. ^ Nassa tuamotuensis Houart, 1996.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397008 on 25 April 2010.
  7. ^ Nassa kraussiana Dunker.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215687 on 25 April 2010.
  8. ^ Nassa lathraia .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215690 on 25 April 2010.
  9. ^ Nassa munda .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215709 on 25 April 2010.
  10. ^ Nassa obockensis .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215688 on 25 April 2010.
  11. ^ Nassa optima Sowerby, 1903.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215701 on 25 April 2010.
  12. ^ Nassa pulla (Linnaeus, 1758).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215697 on 25 April 2010.
  13. ^ Nassa steindachneri .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215691 on 25 April 2010.
  14. ^ Nassa stiphra .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215705 on 25 April 2010.
  15. ^ Nassa xesta .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215707 on 25 April 2010.