Interesting Facts
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Description
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Family Nassariidae
Lowermost portion of the body whorls including the siphonal canal, set off from the rest of it by a conspicuous groove that interrupts the axial ribs.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
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)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
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)
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
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)
- Phylum:
Mollusca
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)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
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)
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
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)
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
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)
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
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)
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
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)
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Neogastropoda
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)
- Thiele, 1929
- Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
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)
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Nassariidae
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)
- T. Iredale, 1916 (1835)
- Mud Snails
- Genus:
Nassa
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)
- Specific name:
marginulata
- Scientific name: - Nassa marginulata
- Specific name:
marginulata
- Genus:
Nassa
(
- Family:
Nassariidae
(
- Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Neogastropoda
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Nassa
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Further Reading
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- A catalogue of the shells, arranged according to the Lamarckian system: with their authorities, synonymes, and references to works where figured or described: together with a supplement containing additional species, corrections, and alterations / contained in the collection of John C. Jay. New York: Craighead, 1852. url p. 361.
- A manual of the Mollusca: a treatise on recent and fossil shells / by Dr. S. P. Woodward; with an appendix of recent and fossil conchological discoveries to the present time, by Ralph Tate; illustrated by A. N. Waterhouse and Joseph Wilson Lowry. London: Virtue & Co., 1868. url p. 71.
- A manual of the Mollusca: being a treatise on recent and fossil shells. London: C. Lockwood and Co., 1880. url p. 71.
- A manual of the Mollusca: or, A rudimentary treatise of recent and fossil shells / by S. P. Woodward; illustrated by A. N. Waterhouse and Joseph Wilson Lowry. London, J. Weale, 1851-56. url p. 368.
- Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals / by Lovell Augustus Reeve. London: Reeve, Brothers, 1843-1878. url p. 184, p. 185.
- Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species / by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879-1898. url p. 256, p. 256, p. 256.
- Marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species, by G.B. Sowerby. London, Sowerby, 1892. url p. 12.
- Mollusks of Tonkin & Indo China / Dautzenberg & Fischer. Paris: s.n., 1905-1908 url p. 391.
- On the varieties of the shells belonging to the genus Nassa, Lam. Liverpool, 1880. url p. 4, p. 40, p. 42, p. 46, p. 47, p. 51, p. 55, p. 64, p. 95.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 179.
- Report of the Australian Association for the advancement of Science. Sidney, The Association. url p. 367.
- Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement. Leyden, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. url p. 113.
- Structural and systematic conchology: an introduction to the study of the Mollusca... By George W. Tryon, jr.... Philadelphia: The author, 1882-84. url p. 163.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 422, p. 425.
- The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan = Tokyo Teikoku Daigaku kiyo. Rika. Tokyo, Japan: The University, 1898-1925. url p. 58.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6757235
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16080349
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2789414
