Nassarius festivus

Nassarius festivus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae.^[1]

Nassarius festivus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. festiva
Binomial name
Nassarius festiva (Powys, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
Hinia festiva (Powys, 1835) † Nassa (Hebra) bonneti Cossmann, 1901 † Nassa (Hebra) bonneti var. kachhensis Vredenburg, 1925 Nassa (Hebra) bouneti Cossmann, 1901 Nassa (Hima) festiva (Powys, 1835) Nassa festiva Powys, 1835 (original combination) Nassa lirata Dunker, 1860 (junior synonym) Nassa nodata Hinds, 1844 Nassarius (Hinia) festivus (Powys, 1835) † Nassarius (Hinia) prefestivus MacNeil, 1960 Nassarius (Niotha) festivus (Powys, 1835) Reticunassa festiva (Powys, 1835) Tritia (Hinia) festivus (Powys, 1835) Tritia festiva (Powys, 1835)

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off China and Japan.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Nassarius festivus (Powys, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560198 on 2024-07-09

• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356

External links

• Powys, W.L. (1835). "Characters and observations on new genera and species of Mollusca and Conchifera collected by Mr. Cuming". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 93–96. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
• Dunker, W. (1860). Neue japanische Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter. 6: 221-240
• Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353
• Gastropods.com: Nassarius (Niotha) festivus