Nassarius stolatus

Nassarius stolatus

Apertural view of a shell of Nassarius stolatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. stolatus
Binomial name
*Nassarius stolatus* (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms^[1]
Buccinum ornatum Kiener, 1834 (invalid: junior homonym of Buccinum ornatum Say, 1822) Buccinum stolatum Gmelin, 1791 (original combination) Distorsio communis Röding, 1798 Nassa (Hima) stolata (Gmelin, 1791) Nassa fasciata Chemnitz, 1780 (unavailable name published in a work placed on the Official Index) Nassa fasciata Mörch, 1852 (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Buccinum fasciatum Lamarck, 1822) Nassa ornata (Kiener, 1834) Nassa stolata (Gmelin, 1791) Nassarius (Niotha) stolatus (Gmelin, 1791) · accepted, alternate representation Nassarius ornatus (Kiener, 1834)

Nassarius stolatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies from 15 mm to 30 mm.

The ovate, conical shell is pointed at the summit . The pyramidal spire is formed of six or seven distinct, smooth, convex whorls. These are covered with very prominent, convex, longitudinal folds, intersected only at the base, and upon the two or three upper whorls, by a few pretty deep transverse striae. Upon these whorls the striae become finer and more approximate. They rarely exist upon the whole surface. In like manner the longitudinal folds do not appear upon the right portion of the body whorl. The color is of a violaceous white. A dark red zone borders the suture, and a broader and browner band surrounds also the middle of the body whorl. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand; in the Mediterranean Sea as an introduced species.

References

1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560325 on 2016-05-14
↑ Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum ornatum)

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

External links

Gastropods.com: Nassarius (Niotha) stolatus

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