Species Nassarius (Zeuxis) castus Gould, 1850

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nassa casta Gould, A.A. 1850. Descriptions of the shells brought home by the U.S. Exploring Expedition (cont.). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 151-156 [154].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 5724, Pacific Ocean.
• Nassa caelata Adams, A. 1852. Catalogue of the species of Nassa, a genus of Gasteropodous Mollusca, belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 94-112 [97].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1973122, Cagayan, Mindanao, Philippines, 46 m.
• Nassa costata Adams, A. 1852. Catalogue of the species of Nassa, a genus of Gasteropodous Mollusca, belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 94-112 [98] [junior homonym of Nassa costata S.V. Wood, 1848].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 197327, Burias I, Philippines, 11 m.
• Nassa vitiensis Rousseau, L. 1854. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée , exécuté ... pendant ... 1837-1840, sous le commandemant de M.J. Dumont d'Urville ... publié ... sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, etc. 5: Zoologie. Description des mollusques, coquilles et zoophytes. Paris : Publisher unknown 132 pp. [79, pl. 21, figs 23-25].

  Type data:

   Holotype Viti Isles [=Fiji Is].
• Nassa elongata Marrat, F.P. 1874. New species of shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13: 70-71 [70] [junior homonym of Buccinum elongatum J. de C. Sowerby, 1815].

  Type data:

   Lectotype LFM, China Seas.
• Nassa sinensis Marrat, F.P. 1877. On some proposed new forms in the genus Nassa. London : Meek pp. 15, 1 pl. [4].

  Type data:

   Holotype LFM, China Seas.
• Nassa oriens Marrat, F.P. 1880. On the varieties of the shells belonging to the genus Nassa Lam. 104 pp. [44].

  Type data:

   Lectotype LFM, China Seas.
• Nassa lactea Marrat, F.P. 1880. On the varieties of the shells belonging to the genus Nassa Lam. 104 pp. [54, 80].

  Type data:

   Lectotype LFM, none.
• Nassa levukensis Watson, R.B. 1882. Mollusca of "H.M.S. Challenger" expedition. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 324-343, 374-375 [363].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1887.2.9.6.45-8, Levuka, Fiji Is, 22 m.
• Nassa verbeeki Martin, K. 1895. Die Fossilien von Java auf Grund einer Sammlung von Dr. R.D.M. Verbeek. Sammlung des Geologischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden 1(2): 1-132, pls 1-20 [110, pl. 17, figs 247-255] [mixture of forms;].

  Type data:

   Lectotype RMNH RGM-9493, Sonde, Java, Pliocene of Indonesia.
• Nassa maldivensis Smith, E.A. 1903. Marine Mollusca. (pp. 589-630, pls. XXXV-XXXVI) in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, being the account of work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Cambridge : University Press Vol. II(Part II) pp. 589–698, pls. XXXV-XLVIII). [606, pl. 35, figs 6-8].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1903.9.17.54-56, S. Male Atoll, 2-55 m, Maldive Is.
• Nassa mulukuensis Smith, E.A. 1903. Marine Mollusca. (pp. 589-630, pls. XXXV-XXXVI) in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, being the account of work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Cambridge : University Press Vol. II(Part II) pp. 589–698, pls. XXXV-XLVIII). [607, pl. 35, figs 9-10].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH no number, Mulaku Atoll, Maldive Is, 2-73 m.
• Nassa incognita Thiele, J. 1925. Gastropoda der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 17(2): 35-382, pls 313-346 [183, pl. 20 (32), fig. 11] [junior homonym of Nassa incognita Thiele, 1925].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMHU, Dar-es-Salaam, East Africa.
• Nassarius dainitiensis Makiyama 1927. Molluscan fauna of the lower part of the Kakegawa series in the province of Totomi, Japan. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University B 3: 1-147, pls 1-6 [122, pl. 5, figs 17-18].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Dainti, Totomi province, Kakegawa series, L. Pliocene of Japan.
• Nassarius kiiensis Kira, T. 1959. Coloured Illustrations of the Shells of Japan. Osaka : Hoikusha Publishing Co. Ltd (revised edn) Vol. 7 240 pp. 72 pls. [73, pl. 28, fig. 21].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Kii, Japan, 18-37 m.
• Nassarius minoensis Itoigawa, J. 1960. Paleoecological Studies of the Miocene of Mizunami group, Central Japan. Journal of Earth Sciences, Nagoya University 8(2): 246-300, pls 1-6 [289, pl. 6, figs 1a-c].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Shukubora, Gifu Prefecture, Mizunami group, Miocene of Japan.
• Nassarius miyazakiensis Shuto, T. 1962. Buccinacean and Volutacean Gastropods from the Miyazaki Group (Palaeontological Study of the Miyazaki Group-X). Memoires of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University 12(D): 54-55 [54, pl. 8, fig. 10, text-figs 4b, 10].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Nihoumatsu, Takanabe machi, Koyu-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture, L. Pliocene of Japan.

 

Generic Combinations

• Nassarius (Zeuxis) castus (Gould, 1850). —
  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 14: 1-356 [130, pl. 24, figs 7-17, pl. 25, figs 1-10]

 

Introduction

Cernohorsky (1984, p. 130) lists Nassarius (Zeuxis) castus (Gould, 1850) with about 20 synonyms, as listed above. Subsequent work by Kool (2008) (See General References below) has shown some of these to be valid species with restricted ranges but others are unresolved. He showed that Nasarius castus (Gould, 1850) itself is restricted to Fiji, so that is not the name of the Australian species. The correct name and distribution for the species historically identified in Australia as N. castus remains to be determined.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Clay, continental shelf, marine, mud-silt, on gravel, sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 150 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 [130, pl. 24, figs 7-17, pl. 25, figs 1-10]

Kool, H.H. 2008. On the identity of Nassarius castus (Gould, 1850), with the description of Nassarius multivocus n. sp. from the western Pacific. Miscellanea Malacologica 3(2): 13-20 [13-20]

Kool, H.H. 2008. On the identity of Nassarius vitiensis (Hombron & Jacquinot in Rousseau, 1854), N. rufus (Dunker, 1847), N. kiiensis Kira, 1954, and N. caelatus (A.Adams, 1852) (Gastropoda: Nassariidae). Miscellanea Malacologica 3(3): 49-59 [49-59]

Moolenbeek, R.G. 1995. Gastropods (Gastropoda). pp. 24-186 in Dance, S.P. (ed). Seashells of Eastern Arabia. Dubai : Motivate Publishing. [sp. 562]

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 [184] (as Nassa costata)

Singer, B.S. & Miensis, H.K. 1997. The family Nassaridae of the Red Sea. Part 2. La Conchiglia 283: 36-43 [39]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [86, pl. 14, figs 21a-b] (The figures 21 a-b are N. vitiensis according to Kool (In litt., 2013))

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	BUCCINOIDEA	06-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		19-Mar-2012	MODIFIED