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

Nassarius festivus
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off China and Japan.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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
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  • 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