African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

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Nassa Lamarck, 1799

Nassarius mutabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 18.08.2009), actual size 25.2 mm.

AphiaID

510462 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:510462)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Nassa Röding, 1798; see Nomenclature note below)

Accepted name

Tritia Risso, 1826

Rank

Genus

Parent

Nassariinae Iredale, 1916 (1835)

Original name

Nassa Lamarck, 1799

Direct children (39)

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Subgenus Nassa (Tritonella) A. Adams, 1852 accepted as Nassarius (Hima) [sic] accepted as Hinia Leach, 1847 accepted as Tritia Risso, 1826 (invalid: junior homonym of Tritonella Swainson, 1839 [Amphibia])
1. Species Nassa (Tritonella) pygmaea (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Tritia varicosa (W. Turton, 1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Nassa albescens (Dunker, 1846) accepted as Nassarius albescens (Dunker, 1846)
Species Nassa arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Nassarius arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Nassa balteata Pease, 1869 accepted as Reticunassa balteata (Pease, 1869) (invalid: junior homonym of Nassa balteata Lischke, 1869)
Species Nassa capensis (Dunker, 1846) accepted as Nassarius capensis (Dunker, 1846) (chresonym)
Species Nassa coronata (Bruguière, 1798) accepted as Nassarius coronatus (Bruguière, 1789)
Species Nassa coronula A. Adams, 1852 accepted as Nassarius coronulus (A. Adams, 1852) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Nassa crenulata (Bruguière, 1789) accepted as Nassarius crenulatus (Bruguière, 1789) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Species Nassa erythrea Issel, 1869 accepted as Reticunassa erythraea (Issel, 1869) (original combination)
Species Nassa eusulcata G. B. Sowerby III, 1902 accepted as Nassarius eusulcatus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1902)
Species Nassa fenestrata Marrat, 1877 accepted as Nassarius fenistratus (Marrat, 1877) (misspelling)
Species Nassa gaudiosa Hinds, 1844 accepted as Nassarius gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844)
Species Nassa gemmulata (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Nassarius conoidalis (Deshayes, 1833)
Species Nassa horrida (Dunker, 1847) accepted as Hebra horrida (Dunker, 1847) accepted as Nassarius horridus (Dunker, 1847)
Species Nassa kieneri Deshayes, 1863 accepted as Nassarius seclusus (P. Fischer, 1891) (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Buccinum kieneri Anton, 1838; Nassa seclusa and Nassarius bourbonensis are replacement names)
Species Nassa kochiana (Dunker, 1846) accepted as Nassarius kochianus (Dunker, 1846)
Species Nassa kraussiana (Dunker, 1846) accepted as Nassarius kraussianus (Dunker, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Nassa lathraia Sturany, 1900 accepted as Nassarius mundus (Sturany, 1900) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Nassa livescens (R. A. Philippi, 1849) accepted as Nassarius livescens (R. A. Philippi, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Nassa monile (Kiener, 1834) accepted as Nassarius distortus (A. Adams, 1852)
Species Nassa muiri Barnard, 1959 accepted as Nassarius quantulus (A. A. Gould, 1860)
Species Nassa munda Sturany, 1900 accepted as Nassarius mundus (Sturany, 1900) (original combination)
Species Nassa muricata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Nassarius horridus (Dunker, 1847) (invalid; based on preoccupied original name)
Species Nassa obockensis (Jousseaume, 1888) accepted as Nassarius deshayesianus (Issel, 1865)
Species Nassa optima G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 accepted as Nassarius optimus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
Species Nassa papillosa (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Nassarius papillosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Nassa plebeja Thiele, 1925 accepted as Nassarius plebejus (Thiele, 1925) (original combination)
Species Nassa pulla (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Nassarius pullus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Nassa pyramidalis A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Nassarius pyramidalis (A. Adams, 1853)
Species Nassa rhysonepia Barnard, 1969 accepted as Seilopsis peilei (E. A. Smith, 1910)
Species Nassa sinusigera A. Adams, 1852 accepted as Nassarius sinusigerus (A. Adams, 1852) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Nassa speciosa A. Adams, 1852 accepted as Nassarius speciosus (A. Adams, 1852) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Nassa steindachneri Sturany, 1900 accepted as Nassarius thaumasius (Sturany, 1900) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Nassa stiphra Sturany, 1900 accepted as Nassarius agapetus (R. B. Watson, 1882) (uncertain synonym)
Species Nassa taenia (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Nassarius olivaceus (Bruguière, 1789)
Species Nassa tiarula (Kiener, 1841) accepted as Nassarius tiarula (Kiener, 1841) accepted as Phrontis tiarula (Kiener, 1841)
Species Nassa vincta Marrat, 1877 accepted as Nassarius vinctus (Marrat, 1877) (original combination)
Species Nassa xesta Sturany, 1900 accepted as Nassarius thaumasius (Sturany, 1900) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nassa Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510462 on 2026-05-21

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Nassa Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510462 on 2026-05-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-30 22:34:22Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2010-08-31 11:15:41Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2010-12-08 19:39:29Z

changed

Gofas, Serge