Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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 Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific

  OBIS Regions: Eastern Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Temperate 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.