Biology:Nassa serta

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Nassa serta
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Nassa
Species:
N. serta
Binomial name
Nassa serta
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum coronatum Gmelin, 1791
  • Buccinum sertum Bruguière, 1789
  • Iopas hederacea (Schumacher, 1817)
  • Iopas sertum (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Nassa picta Röding, 1798
  • Stramonita hederacea Schumacher, 1817

Description

Distribution

This species occurs widely across the Indo-Pacific region. It is recorded in the Red Sea, off the coasts of Tanzania, Madagascar and Mauritius, and the Chagos Archipelago, and as far east as Hawaii and Eastern Australia.[2][3] Records from the Pitcairn Islands and French Polynesia confirm its range extends into the remote Pacific.[4][5]

Habitat and Ecology

Nassa serta inhabits shallow subtidal zones, typically at depths of 3 to 12 meters.[6] It is commonly found under corals, slabs, and stones in reef-associated environments.[7] Like other muricids, it is a carnivorous or scavenging snail, often feeding on sessile invertebrates or carrion.

Reproduction

This species is a non-broadcast spawner, meaning it does not release eggs freely into the water column.[8] Fertilization is internal, and eggs are laid in capsules attached to hard surfaces. Its development bypasses the trochophore stage, instead producing veliger larvae or juveniles directly.[9] Wikidata ☰ Q1356101 entry

References

  1. ↑ Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1789). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 December 2010.
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SeaLifeBase
  3. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1789)". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215680#distributions. 
  4. ↑ Paulay, G. (1989). Marine invertebrates of the Pitcairn Islands: species composition and biogeography of corals, molluscs, and echinoderms. Atoll Research Bulletin, 326, 1–28.
  5. ↑ Tröndlé, J., & Boutet, M. (2009). Inventory of marine molluscs of French Polynesia. Atoll Research Bulletin, 570, 1–90.
  6. ↑ Houart, R. (1996). "The genus Nassa Röding 1798 in the Indo-West Pacific (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Rapaninae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 126 (1–2): 51–63. 
  7. ↑ Claremont, M.; Vermeij, G. J.; Williams, S. T.; Reid, D. G. (2013). "Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.014. 
  8. ↑ Poutiers, J. M. (1998). "In: Carpenter, K. E. & Niem, V. H. (Eds.), The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Volume 1". Gastropods. Rome: FAO. pp. 363–648. 
  9. ↑ Ruppert, E. E., Fox, R. S., & Barnes, R. D. (2004). Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach (7th ed.). Brooks/Cole (Thomson), 990 pp.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Houart R. (1996) The genus Nassa Röding 1798 in the Indo-West Pacific (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricidae: Rapaninae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 126(1–2):51–63

Wikidata ☰ Q6967363 entry




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