Leucozonia nassa

Leucozonia nassa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Leucozonia
Species:
L. nassa
Binomial name
Leucozonia nassa
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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.

Distribution

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.

References

  1. ^ a b Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 December 2010.
  • 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
  • "Leucozonia nassa nassa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
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