WoRMS taxon details
Nassarius fretorum (Melvill & Standen, 1899)
560208 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:560208)
accepted
Species
Nassa (Alectryon) fretorum Melvill & Standen, 1899 · unaccepted (basionym)
Nassa (Niotha) pusio A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nassa ariel Preston, 1910 · unaccepted
Nassa fretorum Melvill & Standen, 1899 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nassa pusio A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted
Nassarius pusio (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nassa (Alectryon) fretorum Melvill & Standen, 1899) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1899). Report on the Marine Mollusca obtained during the First Expedition of Prof. A. C. Haddon to the Torres Straits, in 1888-89. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 27 (174): 150-206, pls 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649268
page(s): 159, pl. 10 fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 159, pl. 10 fig. 3 [details]
Type locality contained in Torres Strait
type locality contained in Torres Strait [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nassarius fretorum (Melvill & Standen, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560208 on 2026-08-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nassa ariel Preston, 1910) Preston, H. B. (1910). Description of five new species of marine shells from the Bay of Bengal. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 5: 117-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.10495
page(s): 118 [details]
original description (of Nassa fretorum Melvill & Standen, 1899) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1899). Report on the Marine Mollusca obtained during the First Expedition of Prof. A. C. Haddon to the Torres Straits, in 1888-89. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 27 (174): 150-206, pls 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649268
page(s): 159-160, pl. 10, fig. 3. [details]
original description (of Nassa pusio A. Adams, 1852) Adams, A. (1852-1853). Catalogue of the species of <i>Nassa</i>, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 94-112 [7 December 1852], 113-114 [29 April 1853]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859178
page(s): 100 [details]
original description (of Nassa (Alectryon) fretorum Melvill & Standen, 1899) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1899). Report on the Marine Mollusca obtained during the First Expedition of Prof. A. C. Haddon to the Torres Straits, in 1888-89. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 27 (174): 150-206, pls 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649268
page(s): 159, pl. 10 fig. 3 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 118 [details]
original description (of Nassa fretorum Melvill & Standen, 1899) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1899). Report on the Marine Mollusca obtained during the First Expedition of Prof. A. C. Haddon to the Torres Straits, in 1888-89. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 27 (174): 150-206, pls 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649268
page(s): 159-160, pl. 10, fig. 3. [details]
original description (of Nassa pusio A. Adams, 1852) Adams, A. (1852-1853). Catalogue of the species of <i>Nassa</i>, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 94-112 [7 December 1852], 113-114 [29 April 1853]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859178
page(s): 100 [details]
original description (of Nassa (Alectryon) fretorum Melvill & Standen, 1899) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1899). Report on the Marine Mollusca obtained during the First Expedition of Prof. A. C. Haddon to the Torres Straits, in 1888-89. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 27 (174): 150-206, pls 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649268
page(s): 159, pl. 10 fig. 3 [details]
basis of record 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]
Identification resource
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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Nassa pusio A. Adams, 1852)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nassarius fretorum)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Nassa fretorum Melvill & Standen, 1899)
To Malacopics (Nassarius fretorum (Melvill & Standen, 1899) Somalia)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Nassa pusio A. Adams, 1852)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nassarius fretorum)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Nassa fretorum Melvill & Standen, 1899)
To Malacopics (Nassarius fretorum (Melvill & Standen, 1899) Somalia)
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