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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae

Nassarius albus (Say, 1826)


Range: 35°N to 28°S; 92°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0 to 58 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12.8  mm

Synonymy

Nassa alba Say, 1826
Nassa clathratula A. Adams, 1852
Nassa obtusata A. Adams, 1852
Nassa annellifera Reeve, 1853
Nassa pura Marrat, 1877
Nassa quinquecostata Marrat, 1880
Nassarius floridensis Olsson & Harbison, 1953

Details


Nassa alba Say, 1826, p. 212-213
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Southern Coast of East Florida and the West India Islands
Range: 35°N to 28°S; 92°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0 to 58 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Costa Rica; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela: Sucre, Islas Los Roques; Bermuda, Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: The Grenadines, Mustique, Grenada; Brazil: Para, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Abrolhos Islands, Santa Catarina
References: Kaicher (1972) d{W}; Waller (1973) {D}; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Princz (1986) D; Fernández Milera (1998); Faber (2004b); Hewitt (2005a); Fallon (2008)
Comments: Ovoviviparous. See also albus auct. = antillarum and capillaris.

Nassa annelifera sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for annellifera by Cernohorsky (1984).

Nassa annellifera Reeve, 1853,  pl. 25, fig. 168
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 17.6°N ; 61.8°W
Distribution: Barbuda
References: Higgins & Marrat (1877) NSEW; Cernohorsky (1984) s

Nassa clathratula A. Adams, 1852b, p. 99, [Reeve 1853, pl. 19, fig. 125a-b]
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Island of Siquijor [Philippines, in error]
References: Cernohorsky (1984) s

Nassarius (Uzita) floridensis Olsson & Harbison, 1953, p. 225, pl. 33, fig. 5-5a
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Pliocene of North St. Petersburg, Florida
Maximum Reported Size: 12.8 mm
References: Olsson & Harbison (1953) M

Nassa obtusata A. Adams, 1852b, p. 100, [Reeve 1853, pl. 20, fig. 135]
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Island of Ticao [Philippines, in error]
References: Cernohorsky (1984) s

Nassa pura Marrat, 1877, p. 13
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: West Indies
References: Cernohorsky (1984) s

Nassa quinquecostata Marrat, 1880, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Cernohorsky (1984) s

Nassa quinqueplicata sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for quinquecostatus by Marrat (1880).


Partial List of References

Adams, A. 1852. Catalogue of the species of Nassa, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 19 94-114.
Marrat, F. P. 1877. On Forty Proposed New Forms in the Genus Nassa  15 pp., 1 pl. Meek, Thomas & Co.: Liverpool. [Stated date: -- --- 1877; true date: post July 1.]
Olsson, A. A. and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida, with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8 vii + 459, 65 pls. [Stated date: 06 Nov 1953.]
Reeve, L. 1853. Monograph of the genus Nassa Conchologia Iconica 8 pls. 1-25
Say, T. 1826. Descriptions of marine shells recently discovered on the coast of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5 207-221. [True date: -- Feb 1826.]

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