Leucozonia nassa

Leucozonia nassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:	Peristerniinae
Genus:	Leucozonia
Species:	L. nassa
Binomial name
Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Murex nassa Gmelin, 1791 Voluta fuscata Gmelin, J.F., 1791 Murex rubicunda Perry, G., 1811 Fasciolaria cingulifera Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816 Turbinella knorrii Deshayes, G.P. in Deshayes, G.P. & H. Milne-Edwards, 1843 Turbinella angularis Reeve, L.A., 1847 Lagena californica Adams, A., 1853 Turbinella dubia Petit de la Saussaye, S., 1853 Peristernia inculta Gould, A.A., 1860 Leucozonia jacarusoi Petuch, E.J., 1987

Leucozonia nassa, common name : the chestnut nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 22 mm and 68 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean form North Carolina to Central Brazil.

References

1. Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 December 2010.

• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

External links

• Gastropods.com : Leucozonia nassa nassa; accessed : 21 December 2010