WoRMS taxon details
Nassarius splendidulus (Dunker, 1846)
![To GB Mollusca Types (Nassa granulosa Marrat, 1880; Lectotype & Paralectotype(s); LIVCM.12.8.1880 [1022])](https://gbmolluscatypes.ac.uk/biosyb_images/images/0026000_0027999/web/thumbnails/0026717.jpg "To GB Mollusca Types (Nassa granulosa Marrat, 1880; Lectotype & Paralectotype(s); LIVCM.12.8.1880 [1022])")
560323 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:560323)
accepted
Species
Alectrion splendidulus (Dunker, 1846) · unaccepted
Buccinum splendidulum Dunker, 1846 · unaccepted (original combination)
Nassa (Niotha) densigranata Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted
Nassa (Niotha) splendidula (Dunker, 1846) · unaccepted
Nassa densigranata Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted
Nassa granulosa Marrat, 1880 · unaccepted
Nassa nivosa Marrat, 1877 · unaccepted
Nassarius (Niotha) splendidulus (Dunker, 1846) · unaccepted
Nassarius hawleyi (Iredale, 1936) · unaccepted
Niotha hawleyi Iredale, 1936 · unaccepted
Uzita densigranata (Reeve, 1854) · unaccepted
marine
(of Buccinum splendidulum Dunker, 1846) Dunker, W. (1846). Diagnoses Buccinorum quorundam novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 3: 170-172., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291964
page(s): 170 [details]
page(s): 170 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nassarius splendidulus (Dunker, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560323 on 2026-08-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Buccinum splendidulum Dunker, 1846) Dunker, W. (1846). Diagnoses Buccinorum quorundam novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 3: 170-172., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291964
page(s): 170 [details]
original description (of Nassa densigranata Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1853-1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Nassa</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 9, pls 1-29 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-5, November 1853; pl. 6-25, December 1853; pl. 26-29, March 1854]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120745
page(s): pl. 27 fig. 181. [details]
original description (of Nassa granulosa Marrat, 1880) Marrat, F. (1880). On the varieties of the shells belonging to the genus <i>Nassa</i>, Lam. Liverpool, privately printed, 104 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42384 [details]
original description (of Nassa nivosa Marrat, 1877) Marrat, F. (1877). On some proposed new forms in the genus <i>Nassa</i>. Liverpool, privately printed, 15 pp., 1 pl. [details]
original description (of Niotha hawleyi Iredale, 1936) Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [7 April 1936]., available online at https://journals.australianmuseum.net.au/iredale-1936-rec-aust-mus-195-267340/ [details] Available for editors
[request]
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): 170 [details]
original description (of Nassa densigranata Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1853-1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Nassa</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 9, pls 1-29 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-5, November 1853; pl. 6-25, December 1853; pl. 26-29, March 1854]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120745
page(s): pl. 27 fig. 181. [details]
original description (of Nassa granulosa Marrat, 1880) Marrat, F. (1880). On the varieties of the shells belonging to the genus <i>Nassa</i>, Lam. Liverpool, privately printed, 104 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42384 [details]
original description (of Nassa nivosa Marrat, 1877) Marrat, F. (1877). On some proposed new forms in the genus <i>Nassa</i>. Liverpool, privately printed, 15 pp., 1 pl. [details]
original description (of Niotha hawleyi Iredale, 1936) Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [7 April 1936]., available online at https://journals.australianmuseum.net.au/iredale-1936-rec-aust-mus-195-267340/ [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Taxonomy
status source
Cernohorsky W.O. (1981). Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 18:137-192. [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]
identification resource Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp. [details]
identification resource Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Nassa densigranata Reeve, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Nassa nivosa Marrat, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Nassa granulosa Marrat, 1880)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nassarius splendidulus)
To GB Mollusca Types (Nassa granulosa Marrat, 1880; Lectotype & Paralectotype(s); LIVCM.12.8.1880 [1022]) (from synonym Nassa granulosa Marrat, 1880)
To GB Mollusca Types (Nassa nivosa Marrat, 1877; Lectotype; LIVCM.12.8.1880 [1026]) (from synonym Nassa nivosa Marrat, 1877)
To GB Mollusca Types (Nassa praecallosa Marrat, 1877; Lectotype; LIVCM.12.8.1880 [641])
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Buccinum splendidulum Dunker, 1846)
To Malacopics (Nassarius splendidulus (Dunker, 1846) United States, Hawaii, Oahu Island, Electric ...
To Malacopics (Nassarius splendidulus (Dunker,1846) New Caledonia, Îles Loyauté, Lifou, Santal Bay...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Nassa densigranata Reeve, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Nassa nivosa Marrat, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Nassa granulosa Marrat, 1880)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nassarius splendidulus)
To GB Mollusca Types (Nassa granulosa Marrat, 1880; Lectotype & Paralectotype(s); LIVCM.12.8.1880 [1022]) (from synonym Nassa granulosa Marrat, 1880)
To GB Mollusca Types (Nassa nivosa Marrat, 1877; Lectotype; LIVCM.12.8.1880 [1026]) (from synonym Nassa nivosa Marrat, 1877)
To GB Mollusca Types (Nassa praecallosa Marrat, 1877; Lectotype; LIVCM.12.8.1880 [641])
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Buccinum splendidulum Dunker, 1846)
To Malacopics (Nassarius splendidulus (Dunker, 1846) United States, Hawaii, Oahu Island, Electric ...
To Malacopics (Nassarius splendidulus (Dunker,1846) New Caledonia, Îles Loyauté, Lifou, Santal Bay...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
![To GB Mollusca Types (Nassa nivosa Marrat, 1877; Lectotype; LIVCM.12.8.1880 [1026])](https://gbmolluscatypes.ac.uk/biosyb_images/images/0026000_0027999/web/thumbnails/0026671.jpg "To GB Mollusca Types (Nassa nivosa Marrat, 1877; Lectotype; LIVCM.12.8.1880 [1026])")
![To GB Mollusca Types (Nassa praecallosa Marrat, 1877; Lectotype; LIVCM.12.8.1880 [641])](https://gbmolluscatypes.ac.uk/biosyb_images/images/0026000_0027999/web/thumbnails/0026683.jpg "To GB Mollusca Types (Nassa praecallosa Marrat, 1877; Lectotype; LIVCM.12.8.1880 [641])")
