OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Nassariidae 

Nassarius (Niotha) natalensis (E.A. Smith, 1903)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Nassa sturmii Reeve, 1853
   Nassa natalensis E.A. Smith, 1903

Distribution

Natal to Zanzibar

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaTanzaniaPwani ProvinceZanzibar
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambique
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: intertidal 
substrate: among rocks 
substrate: silt 
substrate: silt 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. p.94, pl. 12, figs. 3-4 [ ]  Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Buccinoidea
                        Nassariidae Iredale, 1916
                          Nassarius Dumeril, 1806
                            Nassarius (Niotha) H. & A. Adams, 1853
                              Nassarius (Niotha) natalensis (E.A. Smith, 1903)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=44830) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-04-16. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-26.