WoRMS name details
Nassa (Alectryon) Melvill, 1918
560365 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:560365)
unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Subgenus
Nassa Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Tritia Risso, 1826
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) babylonica R. B. Watson, 1882 accepted as Nassarius babylonicus (R. B. Watson, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) caelata A. Adams, 1852 accepted as Nassarius caelatus (A. Adams, 1852) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) collaticia Melvill & Standen, 1901 accepted as Nassarius sinusigerus (A. Adams, 1852)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) crebricostata Schepman, 1911 accepted as Nassarius crebricostatus (Schepman, 1911) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) elegans (Kiener, 1834) accepted as Nassarius crassiusculus (Nyst, 1845)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) elegantula Schepman, 1911 accepted as Nassarius acuminatus (Marrat, 1880) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) eranea Melvill & Standen, 1901 accepted as Nassarius obesus (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) flammulata Schepman, 1911 accepted as Nassarius comptus (A. Adams, 1852) (invalid: junior homonym of Nassa flammulata Preston, 1909)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) fretorum Melvill & Standen, 1899 accepted as Nassarius fretorum (Melvill & Standen, 1899) (basionym)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) freyi Brancsik, 1891 accepted as Nassarius olivaceus (Bruguière, 1789)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) himeroessa Melvill & Standen, 1903 accepted as Nassarius himeroessa (Melvill & Standen, 1903) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) idyllia Melvill & Standen, 1901 accepted as Nassarius idyllius (Melvill & Standen, 1901) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) jactabunda Melvill, 1906 accepted as Nassarius jactabundus (Melvill, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) japonica A. Adams, 1852 accepted as Nassarius japonicus (A. Adams, 1852)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) lurida A. A. Gould, 1850 accepted as Nassarius graphiterus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) macrocephala Schepman, 1911 accepted as Nassarius macrocephalus (Schepman, 1911) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) monilis (Kiener, 1834) accepted as Nassarius distortus (A. Adams, 1852)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) nodifera Powys, 1835 accepted as Nassarius nodiferus (Powys, 1835) (superseded combination)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) obesa G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875 accepted as Nassarius obesus (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) ovoidea Schepman, 1911 accepted as Nassarius ovoideus (Schepman, 1911) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) papillosa (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Nassarius papillosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) scalaris A. Adams, 1852 accepted as Nassarius scalaris (A. Adams, 1852) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nassa (Alectryon) taenia (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Nassarius olivaceus (Bruguière, 1789)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Alectryon Melvill, 1918) Melvill, J. C. (1918). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 9, 1: 137-158, pls 4-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002757
page(s): 140 [details]
page(s): 140 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nassa (Alectryon) Melvill, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560365 on 2026-06-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Alectryon Melvill, 1918) Melvill, J. C. (1918). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 9, 1: 137-158, pls 4-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002757
page(s): 140 [details]
page(s): 140 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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
page(s): 60 [details]
page(s): 60 [details]
