African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Nassarius eusulcatus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1902)

AfReMaS taxon details

Nassarius eusulcatus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1902)

AphiaID

560190 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:560190)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Nassarius Duméril, 1805

Original name

Nassa eusulcata G. B. Sowerby III, 1902

Synonymised names

Nassa eusulcata G. B. Sowerby III, 1902 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Nassa eusulcata G. B. Sowerby III, 1902) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1902). Mollusca of South Africa. Marine Investigations in South Africa. 2: 93–100, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6427744 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nassarius eusulcatus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1902). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560190 on 2026-03-01

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. Nassarius eusulcatus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1902). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560190 on 2026-03-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-02-21 15:59:29Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2011-07-09 07:49:27Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Nassa eusulcata G. B. Sowerby III, 1902) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1902). Mollusca of South Africa. Marine Investigations in South Africa. 2: 93–100, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6427744 [details]

basis of record Cernohorsky, W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 14: i-iv, 1-356. [published 12 July 1984]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59858109 [details]

additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 132 [details]

identification resource 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. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Nassa eusulcata G. B. Sowerby III, 1902)