WoRMS name details
Zeuxis olivaceus (Bruguière, 1789)
217078 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217078)
unaccepted
Species
Zeuxis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Nassarius (Zeuxis) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Nassarius Duméril, 1805
marine
(of Buccinum olivaceum Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; :345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 272 [details]
page(s): 272 [details]
Description A heavy, solid shell with high spire, up to 5 cm. Body whorl smooth, upper whorls ribbed. Inner margin of lip thickened...
Description A heavy, solid shell with high spire, up to 5 cm. Body whorl smooth, upper whorls ribbed. Inner margin of lip thickened and toothed. Colour dark brown; columella cream to purplish-brown; aperture dark. Habitat: shallow sands. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Zeuxis olivaceus (Bruguière, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217078 on 2025-12-03
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Nomenclature
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(of Buccinum olivaceum Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; :345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 272 [details]
basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 272 [details]
basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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additional source
Cernohorsky, W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 14: i-iv, 1-356. [published 12 July 1984]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59858109 [details]
additional source Marrat, F. (1877). On some proposed new forms in the genus <i>Nassa</i>. Liverpool, privately printed, 15 pp., 1 pl. [details]
additional source Marrat, F. (1877). On some proposed new forms in the genus <i>Nassa</i>. Liverpool, privately printed, 15 pp., 1 pl. [details]
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Description A heavy, solid shell with high spire, up to 5 cm. Body whorl smooth, upper whorls ribbed. Inner margin of lip thickened and toothed. Colour dark brown; columella cream to purplish-brown; aperture dark. Habitat: shallow sands. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | クリイロムシロ／クリイロヨフバイ | [details] |
