OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Nassariidae 

Nassariidae Iredale, 1916

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Soyonassa
   Nassarius Dumeril, 1806
   Cyllene Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
   Bullia Gray, 1834
   Demoulia Gray, 1838
   Hebra H. & A. Adams, 1853

Common Name

Mud snails p.131      Moolenbeek, R.G. 1995.  
Dog Whelks p.152      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West Pacific
 
 
  OBIS RegionsEastern Pacific
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West Pacific

Keywords

feeding mode: predation 
feeding mode: scavenging 
feeds on: animals 
habit: burrowing, infaunal 
habitat: coral reef 
habitat: intertidal flats 
larvae/young: direct development 
larvae/young: veliger planktonic 
salinity: estuarine 
salinity: marine 
spawn/eggs: egg capsules/masses benthic 
substrate: in mud 
substrate: in sand 

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.152, text fig. 35 General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. p.125 General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.79 General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1981. p.137 [ includes species list ]  General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. p.4 Contains synonymy
 Cotton, B.C. 1955.  General reference
 Cotton, B.C. 1959. p.383 General reference
 Iredale, T. 1929. p.288 General reference
 Iredale, T. 1936. p.321 General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.272 General reference
 Moolenbeek, R.G. 1995. p.131 General reference
 Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. p.104 General reference
 Satyamurti, S.T. 1952. p.178 [ as Nassidae ]  General reference
 Shuto, T. 1969. p.127 General reference
 Tomlin, J.R. le B. 1932. p.41 General reference
 Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. p.99 General reference
 Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.102, pl. 66 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Buccinoidea
                        Nassariidae Iredale, 1916

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=15022) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.