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Family NASSARIIDAE Iredale, 1916

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Family NASSARIIDAE Iredale, 1916

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NASSARIIDAE: Buccinum rufulum Kiener, 1834 [this name has been used for an otherwise unnamed West Australian species similar to Nassarius particeps Hedley, 1915. However, Buccinum rufulum is a synonym of the European species Nassarius mutabilis. See Cernohorsky (1981) for full details] — Kiener, L.C. 1834. Spécies général et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes, comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris, la collection de Lamarck, celle du Prince Massena (appartenant maintenant a M. le Baron B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs. Paris : Rousseau Vol. 9.; Reeve, L.A. 1853. Monograph of the genus Nassa. pls 1-25 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [Pl. 2, fig. 14]; Cernohorsky, W.O. 1981. Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 18: 137-192 [146]

NASSARIIDAE: Nassarius varicifera (A. Adams, 1852) [H.H. Kool, in. litt said that this species does not occur in Australia, being restricted to the North-West Pacific] — Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [89]

 

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [152, text fig. 35]

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [255]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Indo-Pacific Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 9: 125-194 [125]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [79]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1981. Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 18: 137-192 [137] (includes species list)

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 14: 1-356 [4]

Cotton, B.C. 1955. Family Nassariidae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 7: 4 pp.

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [383]

Haasl, D.M. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships among Nassariid gastropods. Journal of Paleontology 74(5): 839-852

Harasewych, M.G. 1998. Family Nassariidae. pp. 829-831 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [829-831]

Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [288]

Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [321]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [272]

Moolenbeek, R.G. 1995. Gastropods (Gastropoda). pp. 24-186 in Dance, S.P. (ed). Seashells of Eastern Arabia. Dubai : Motivate Publishing. [131]

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [104]

Satyamurti, S.T. 1952. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. I. Amphineura and Gastropoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 6): 267 pp., 34 pls [178] (as Nassidae)

Shuto, T. 1969. Neogene gastropods from Panay Island, the Philippines. Memoires of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University 19(1): 1-250 [127]

Tomlin, J.R. le B. 1932. Notes from the British Museum- II. Arthur Adams' types of Nassa. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 20(1): 41-44 [41]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [99]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [75]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [102, pl. 66]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
28-Sep-2022 BUCCINOIDEA 28-Sep-2022 MODIFIED
01-Jun-2021 CAENOGASTROPODA 06-Sep-2022 MODIFIED Dr Bryan Lessard
28-Feb-2020 HYPSOGASTROPODA 28-Sep-2022 MODIFIED
01-Jun-2021 SORBEOCONCHA 28-Sep-2022 MODIFIED
01-Jun-2021 NEOGASTROPODA 28-Sep-2022 MODIFIED
01-Jun-2021 BUCCINOIDEA 28-Sep-2022 MODIFIED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
19-Mar-2012 MODIFIED