Biology:Zeuxis (gastropod)

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Zeuxis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Zeuxis
Type species
Buccinum taenia Gmelin, 1791

Zeuxis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

Zeuxis has been made a synonym of Nassarius Duméril, 1805.

Species

Species within the genus Zeuxis include:

• Zeuxis (Tarazeuxis) sufflatus (Gould, 1860): synonym of Nassarius sufflatus (Gould, 1860)
• Zeuxis (Tarazeuxis) velatus (Gould, 1877): synonym of Nassarius reeveanus (Dunker, 1847)
• Zeuxis caelatus (A. Adams, 1852): synonym of Nassarius caelatus (A. Adams, 1852)
• Zeuxis concinus (Powys, 1835): synonym of Nassarius concinnus (Powys, 1835)
• Zeuxis dorsatus (Röding, 1798): synonym of Nassarius dorsatus (Röding, 1798)
• Zeuxis hayashii Habe, 1961: synonym of Nassarius subtranslucidus (E. A. Smith, 1903)
• Zeuxis hirasei (Kuroda & Habe, 1952): synonym of Nassarius hirasei Kuroda & Habe, 1952
• Zeuxis kiiensis Kira, 1954: synonym of Nassarius kiiensis Kira, 1954
• Zeuxis kometubus (Otuka, 1934) †: synonym of Nassarius kometubus Otuka, 1934 †
• Zeuxis margaritiferus (Dunker, 1847): synonym of Nassarius margaritifer (Dunker, 1847)
• Zeuxis micans (A. Adams, 1852): synonym of Nassarius unicolor (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
• Zeuxis mitralis (A. Adams, 1852): synonym of Nassarius fuscus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
• Zeuxis nakayamai Habe, 1958: synonym of Nassarius nakayamai (Habe, 1958)
• Zeuxis noguchii Habe, 1958: synonym of Nassarius noguchii (Habe, 1958)
• Zeuxis olivaceus (Marrat, 1877): synonym of Nassarius olivaceus (Bruguière, 1789)
• Zeuxis semiplicata (A. Adams, 1852): synonym of Nassarius sinarus (Philippi, 1851)
• Zeuxis succinctus (A. Adams, 1852): synonym of Nassarius succinctus (A. Adams, 1852)
• Zeuxis taenia (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Nassarius olivaceus (Bruguière, 1789)
• Zeuxis tateyamensis (Kuroda, 1929): synonym of Nassarius tateyamensis Kuroda, 1929
• Zeuxis teretiuscula (A. Adams, 1852): synonym of Nassarius teretiusculus (A. Adams, 1852)
• Zeuxis varicifera (A. Adams, 1852): synonym of Nassarius variciferus (A. Adams, 1852)
• Zeuxis velatus (Gould, 1877): synonym of Nassarius reeveanus (Dunker, 1847)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q18390990 entry