Nassarius castus

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

Nassarius castus
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. castus
Binomial name
Nassarius castus
(Gould, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arcularia caelata (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Buccinum rufum Dunker, 1847
  • † Nassa (Alectryon) caelata A. Adams, 1852
  • † Nassa (Hinia) verbeeki K. Martin, 1895
  • † Nassa (Hinia) verbeeki fekuensis Koperberg, 1931
  • † Nassa (Hinia) verbeeki fischeri Koperberg, 1931
  • Nassa (Hinia) vitiensis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1946
  • † Nassa (Telasco) verbeeki K. Martin, 1895
  • Nassa (Zeuxis) levukensis Watson, 1882
  • Nassa caelata A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa casta Gould, 1850
  • Nassa costata A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa elongata Marrat, 1874
  • Nassa incognita Thiele, 1925
  • Nassa lactea Marrat, 1880
  • Nassa maldivensis E.A. Smith, 1903
  • Nassa mukulensis E.A. Smith, 1903
  • Nassa oriens Marrat, 1880
  • Nassa sinensis Marrat, 1877
  • Nassa thaumasia Sturany, 1900
  • Nassa vitiensis Rousseau, 1854
  • Nassarius (Hinia) caelatus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius (Hinia) caelatus danitensis Makiyama, 1927
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) caelatus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • † Nassarius (Zeuxis) caelatus verbeeki (K. Martin, 1895)
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) castus (Gould, 1850)
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) kiiensis Kira, 1954
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) kiiensis Kira, 1959
  • † Nassarius (Zeuxis) minoensis Itoigawa, 1960
  • † Nassarius (Zeuxis) miyazakiensis Shuto, 1962
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) vitiensis (Hombron & Jaquinot, 1946)
  • Nassarius caelatus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius thaumasius (Sturany, 1900)
  • Niotha caelata A. Adams, 1870
  • Zeuxis caelatus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Zeuxis kiiensis Kira, 1954

Description

The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 41 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin and La Réunion; in the Indo-West Pacific.

References
  1. Nassarius castus (Gould, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2012.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356. [details]
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  • Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Nassariidae. pp. 138–173, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
  • "Nassarius (Zeuxis) castus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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