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Leucozonia nassa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Murex nassa was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant. It is the type species of Leucozonia.

It was recombined as Turbinella (Leucozonia) nassa by Morch (1852); it was recombined as Turbinella nassa by Krebs (1864); it was recombined as Leucozonia nassa by Vermeij and Snyder (2002).

Synonyms
  • Voluta fuscata was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Turbinella (Leucozonia) fuscata by Morch (1852); it was recombined as Leucozonia fuscata by Troschel (1867); it was synonymized subjectively with Leucozonia nassa by Vermeij and Snyder (2002).
  • Fasciolaria cingulifera was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Turbinella cingulifera by Reeve (1847); it was recombined as Lagena cingulifera by Gray (1850); it was recombined as Leucozonia cingulifera by Adams and Adams (1853); it was recombined as Latirus cinguliferus by Paetel (1887); it was recombined as Fusus (Leucozonia) cinguliferus by Coulon (1936); it was synonymized subjectively with Leucozonia nassa by Vermeij and Snyder (2002).
  • Turbinella knorii was named by Deshayes (1843). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Turbinella (Leucozonia) knorrii by Morch (1852); it was recombined as Leucozonia knorrii by Adams and Adams (1853); it was synonymized subjectively with Leucozonia nassa by Vermeij and Snyder (2002).
  • Turbinella angularis was named by Reeve (1847). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Leucozonia angulata by Gray (1856); it was recombined as Leucozonia angularis by Kobelt (1876); it was synonymized subjectively with Leucozonia nassa by Vermeij and Snyder (2002).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Murex nassa Gmelin
1791Voluta fuscata Gmelin p. 3465
1791Murex nassa Gmelin p. 3551
1816Fasciolaria cingulifera Lamarck figs. pl. 429, figs. 1a, 1b
1843Turbinella knorii Deshayes p. 391
1847Turbinella angularis Reeve figs. pl. 10, fig. 49
1847Turbinella cingulifera Reeve figs. pl. 3, fig. 17
1847Turbinella knorri Reeve figs. pl. 10, fig. 52
1850Lagena cingulifera Gray p. 68
1852Turbinella (Leucozonia) knorrii Morch p. 10
1852Turbinella (Leucozonia) fuscata Morch p. 100
1852Turbinella (Leucozonia) nassa Morch p. 100
1853Leucozonia cingulifera Adams and Adams p. 154
1853Leucozonia knorrii Adams and Adams p. 154
1856Leucozonia angulata Gray p. 43
1864Turbinella nassa Krebs p. 16
1867Leucozonia fuscata Troschel p. 65
1876Leucozonia angularis Kobelt p. 18
1887Latirus cinguliferus Paetel p. 162
1936Fusus (Leucozonia) cinguliferus Coulon p. 128
2002Leucozonia nassa Vermeij and Snyder p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyPeristerniinaeTryon 1880
genusLeucozoniaGray 1847
speciesnassa(Gmelin 1791)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Leucozonia nassa Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Fusus (Leucozonia) cinguliferus Lamarck 1816 [synonym], Leucozonia angularis Reeve 1847 [synonym], Leucozonia fuscata Gmelin 1791 [synonym], Leucozonia knorrii Deshayes 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available