WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Nassarina helenae Keen, 1971

AphiaID

511590 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511590)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Nassarina Dall, 1889

Original name

Nassarina helenae Keen, 1971

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Mexico

type locality contained in Mexico (origin: native) [details]

, Note Puertecitos, Baja California

From editor or global species database

Type locality Puertecitos, Baja California [details]

Descriptive notes

Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Helen DuShane (1907-2002).

Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Helen DuShane (1907-2002). [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nassarina helenae Keen, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511590 on 2026-09-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-01 19:50:42Z

created

Monsecour, Kevin

2025-06-12 18:51:01Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls. [details]

Other

additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 9, pls. S11a-b [details] Available for editors