Biology:Nassarius reeveanus

Short description: Species of gastropod

Nassarius reeveanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. reeveanus
Binomial name
Nassarius reeveanus (Dunker, 1847)
Synonyms
Buccinum (Bullia) velatum Gould, 1850 Buccinum reeveanum Dunker, 1847 (original combination) Nassa (Zeuxis) lentiginosa A. Adams, 1852 Nassa (Zeuxis) lentiginosa var. punctata A. Adams, 1852 Nassa filosa A. Adams, 1852 Nassa lentiginosa A. Adams, 1852 Nassa luctuosa A. Adams, 1852 Nassa mustelina Gould, 1860 Nassa punctata A. Adams, 1852 Nassa zonalis A. Adams, 1852 Nassarius (Telasco) reeveanus (Dunker, 1847) · accepted, alternate representation Nassarius (Telasco) velatus (Gould, 1877) Nassarius (Zeuxis) lentiginosus (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius (Zeuxis) velatus (Gould, 1877) Nassarius (Zeuxis) zonalis Kira, 1954 Nassarius (Telasco) reeveanus (Dunker, 1847) Nassarius lentiginosus (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius zonalis (A. Adams, 1852) Tarazeuxis velatus (Gould, 1877) Zeuxis (Tarazeuxis) velatus (Gould, 1877) Zeuxis velatus (Gould, 1877)

Nassarius reeveanus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae.

Description

The shell of Nassarius reeveanus ranges in size between 14 and 26 mm. It is patterned with alternating transversal bands of cream and black.

Nassarius reeveanus, a live specimen

Distribution

Nassarius reeveanus is found in the Indo-Pacific and off Australia (Western Australia).

References

• Dunker, G. 1847. Diagnoses Buccinorum quorundam novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 4: 59-64
• Gould, A.A. 1850. Descriptions of the shells brought home by the U.S. Exploring Expedition (cont.). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 151-156
• 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 1851(19): 94-112
• Gould, A.A. 1860. Descriptions of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 7: 323-340
• Smith, E.A. 1876. A list of marine shells, chiefly from the Solomon Islands, with descriptions of several new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 12: 535-562, pl. 30
• Marrat, F.P. 1880. On the varieties of the shells belonging to the genus Nassa Lam. 104 pp.
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Leung KF. & Morton B. (2003). Effects of long-term anthropogenic perturbations on three subtidal epibenthic molluscan communities in Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong: Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 655-717
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
• Kool H.H. (2013) Re-evaluation of several species in the family Nassariidae, considered synonyms of Nassarius reeveanus (Dunker, 1847) by Cernohorsky (1984) and others (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Miscellanea Malacologica 6(3): 39‒45.
• Willan R.C. & Beechey D.L. (2015). Description of Nassarius berniceae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nassariidae): a new species of shallow water whelk endemic to the Kermadec Islands. Bulletin of the Auckland Museum. 20: 341-347.

External links

• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 14: 1-356
• "Nassarius (Telasco) reeveanus" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_5785.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13877211 entry