Leucozonia nassa

Leucozonia nassa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Leucozonia
Species:	L. nassa
Binomial name
	Leucozonia nassa; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
	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.

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

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