Nassarius oneratus

Nassarius oneratus
Shell of Nassarius oneratus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. oneratus
Binomial name
Nassarius oneratus
(Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nassa obliqua Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Buccinum obliquum Kiener, 1841)
  • Nassa obliqua Pease, 1865 (invalid: junior homonym of Nassa obliqua Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
  • Nassa obliqua Rousseau, 1854 (invalid: junior homonym of Nassa obliqua Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
  • Nassa onerata Deshayes, 1863 (original combination)
  • Nassa onerato Deshayes, 1863 (misspelling)
  • Nassarius (Plicarcularia) oneratus (Deshayes, 1863)

Nassarius oneratus, common name the loaded 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 length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 18 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off La Réunion and the Mascarene Basin; also off the Solomon Islands.

References

  1. ^ a b Nassarius oneratus (Deshayes, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 October 2012.
  • Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, C.H. (1842-1854). Atlas d'histoire Naturelle zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée éxecuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837–1838–1839–1840 sous le commandement de M. Dumont-d'Urville, capitaine de vaisseau, publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de vaisseau, commandant de la Zélée. Zoologie. Gide & Cie, Paris.
  • Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp
  • Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Nassariidae. pp. 138–173, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
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  • Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
  • "Nassarius (Plicarcularia) oneratus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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