Species Nassarius (Alectrion) glans (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Buccinum glans Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [737].

  Type data:

   Holotype LS, Asiatic Ocean.
• Buccinum lineatum Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [112] [junior homonym of Buccinum lineatum da Costa, 1778].
• Ancilla lineata Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 31, fig. 7].
• Buccinum suturale Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [269].
• Nassa intermedia Dunker, W. & Zelebor, J. 1866. Bericht über die von der Novara-Expedition mitgebrachten Mollusken. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 16: 909-916 [909].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Sydney, Australia (error).
• Nassa dunkeri Suter, H. 1908. Result of dredging from Mollusca near Cuvier Island, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 40: 344-359, pls 26-27, 30 [204].
• Alectrion nipponensis Kuroda, T., Habe T. & Oyama, K. 1971. The Sea Shells of Sagami Bay. Tokyo : Maruzen xix, 741 pp. (Japanese text). [176, pl. 48, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype Tomioka, Amakusa, Kyushu, Japan.

 

Generic Combinations

• Nassarius (Alectrion) glans glans (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 14: 1-356 [61-62, pl. 2, figs 5-7]
• Alectrion glans (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [439, sp. 3]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 117 m.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 14: 1-356 [61, pl. 2, figs 5-7]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. Mollusca Gastropoda : On a collection of Nassariidae from New Caledonian waters. pp. 187-204 in Crosnier, A. & Bouchet, P. (eds). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 150: 1-259 [188]

Martin, J.C. 2008. Nassariidae. pp. 114-129 in Poppe, G.T. Philippine Marine Mollusks. Volume 2. Gastropoda Part 2. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks Vol. 2 pp. 1-848, pls 1-707. [120, pl. 335, figs 14-15]

Moolenbeek, R.G. 1995. Gastropods (Gastropoda). pp. 24-186 in Dance, S.P. (ed). Seashells of Eastern Arabia. Dubai : Motivate Publishing. [132, sp. 546]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [78, pl. 14, figs 5a-c]

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]

 

Common Name 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. [154] (Acorn Dog Whelk)

 

History of changes

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