Nassarius olivaceus

Nassarius olivaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. olivaceus
Binomial name
Nassarius olivaceus (Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms[1]
Arcularia taenia (Gmelin, 1791) Buccinum olivaceum Bruguière, 1789 (basionym) Buccinum taenia Gmelin, 1791 Buccinum taenius Gmelin, J.F., 1791 Nassa (Alectryon) taenia (Gmelin, 1791) Nassa (Amycla) dimorpha (Cossmann, 1903) Nassa (Zeuxis) olivacea (Bruguière, 1789) Nassa (Zeuxis) taenia (Gmelin, 1791) Nassa (Zeuxis) taenia var. badia A. Adams, 1852 Nassa approximata Pease, W.H., 1868 Nassa badia Adams, A., 1852 Nassa dimorpha Cossmann, A.E.M., 1903 Nassa fusca Rousseau, 1855 Nassa melanioides Reeve, 1853 Nassa mitralis Adams, A., 1852 Nassa olivacea (Bruguière, 1789) Nassa taenia (Gmelin, 1791) Nassa taenia var. mitralis A. Adams, 1852 Nassarius (Zeuxis) olivaceus (Bruguière, 1789) Nassarius taenius (Gmelin, 1791) Tarazeuxis mitralis (A. Adams, 1852) Zeuxis olivaceus (Marrat, 1877) Zeuxis taenia (Gmelin, 1791)

Nassarius olivaceus, common name  : the Olivaceous Nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 50 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Mauritius and Tanzania

Parasites

• Stephanostomum-like cercariae from Australia: Cercaria capricornia VII^[2]

References

1. Nassarius olivaceus (Bruguière, 1789).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 July 2012.
2. Barnett L. J., Miller T. L. & Cribb T. H. (2010). "Two new Stephanostomum-like cercariae (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae) from Nassarius dorsatus and N. olivaceus (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) in Central Queensland, Australia". Zootaxa 2445: 35–52. PDF.

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
• Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356.
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.

External links

• Gastropods.com : Nassarius (Zeuxis) olivaceus; accessed : 28 February 2011