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Nassaria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Buccinoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Buccinidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Phos, Antillophos, Euthria, Siphonalia, Cantharus

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Nassaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

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Type species

The issue regarding type species of the genus Nassaria Link, 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 lyratum Gmelin, 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 lyrata Link, 1807 is considered an available name based on Martini & Chemnitz f. 1122, 1123 and objective junior synonym of Buccinum album Gmelin, 1791.

Species

Species within the genus Nassaria include:

Species brought into synonymy 
  • Nassaria auritula Link, 1807: synonym of Gemophos auritulus (Link, 1807)
  • Nassaria bushii Dall, 1889 : synonym of Nassarina bushiae (Dall, 1889)
  • Nassaria cirsiumoides Fraussen, 2004: synonym of Phaenomenella cirsiumoides (Fraussen, 2004)
  • Nassaria columbellata Dall, 1889: synonym of Metulella columbellata (Dall, 1889)
  • Nassaria kampyla Watson, 1885 : synonym of Sassia kampyla (Watson, 1885)
  • Nassaria laevier [sic]: synonym of Nassaria laevior E. A. Smith, 1899
  • Nassaria lyrata Link, 1807: synonym of Nassaria pusilla (Röding, 1798)
  • Nassaria mordica Hedley, 1909 : synonym of Orania fischeriana (Tapparone-Canefri, 1882)
  • Nassaria multiplicata G. B. Sowerby II, 1859: synonym of Nassaria pusilla (Röding, 1798)

    • References

    Nassaria Wikipedia
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