WoRMS taxon details
Nassarius spiratus (A. Adams, 1852)
572156 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572156)
accepted
Species
Alectrion spiratus (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Nassa (Alectrion) spirata A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Nassa spirata A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Nassarius (Alectrion) spiratus (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nassa spirata 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): 106 [details]
page(s): 106 [details]
Type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman...
, Note Long Reef, Collaroy, New South Wales.
type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman Sea [details]
type locality contained in Manning-Hawkesbury [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Manning-Hawkesbury [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Type locality Long Reef, Collaroy, New South Wales. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nassarius spiratus (A. Adams, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572156 on 2026-08-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nassa spirata 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): 106 [details]
page(s): 106 [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]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Long Reef, Collaroy, New South Wales. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Nassa spirata A. Adams, 1852)
To Malacopics (Nassarius spiratus (A. Adams, 1852) Australia, New South Wales)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Malacopics (Nassarius spiratus (A. Adams, 1852) Australia, New South Wales)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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