Nassarius gaudiosus

Nassarius gaudiosus

Several views of a shell of Nassarius gaudiosus
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. gaudiosus
Binomial name
*Nassarius gaudiosus* (Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms^[1]
Alectrion gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844) Arcularia gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844) Buccinum (Nassa) semiplicatum Dunker, 1853 Nassa (Alectryon) mucronata A. Adams, 1852 Nassa (Telasco) gaudiosa Hinds, 1844 Nassa (Zeuxis) gaudiosa Hinds, 1844 Nassa gaudiosa Hinds, 1844 Nassa graphitera Beck in Marrat, 1877 Nassa lilacina Goulds, 1852 Nassa mucronata A. Adams, 1852 Nassa semisulcata Dunker, 1867 Nassarius (Alectrion) mucronatus (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius (Niotha) gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844) Nassarius (Tarazeuxis) mucronatus (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius (Telasco) gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844) Nassarius gaudiosus mucronatus (A. Adams, 1851) Nassarius mucronata Tarazeuxis mucronatus (A. Adams, 1852)

Nassarius gaudiosus, common name the gaudy 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 length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 29 mm.

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius; in Hawaii (Maui); and in the West Pacific.

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.
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
Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.

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