The ovate, conical shell is of a reddish or olive color. It is composed of eight or nine whorls, the lowest of which composes nearly half of the shell. It is smooth, slightly arcuated, and often ornamented upon each whorl with a whitish band. When young, it is marked with convex, longitudinal folds, which are intersected at the base of the body whorl only, by five or six pretty deep transverse striae. Upon the upper whorls the folds are much more close, and also more prominent, than upon the lowest, where they often disappear altogether. The edge of the aperture is whitish, ovate, notched at both ends, the cavity of an ash color. The notch above is small, placed upon the upper edge of the outer lip, where it is contracted to the form of a small canal. The emargination of the base is arched. The outer lip is thick, margined exteriorly, crenulated indistinctly upon the lower edge, and marked within with very distinct, transverse striae. The left lip is continued in front, in a thin leaf which extends a little over the columella. It is smooth interiorly, and edged throughout its whole length with a row of small drops.[2]
^Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum olivaceum)
^Barnett L. J., Miller T. L. & Cribb T. H. (2010). "Two new Stephanostomum-like cercariae (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae) from Nassarius dorsatus and N. olivaceus (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) in Central Queensland, Australia". Zootaxa2445: 35–52. PDF.
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Adams, A. 1852. Catalogue of the species of Nassa, a genus of Gasteropodous Mollusca, belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 94–112
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nassarius, olivaceus, common, name, olivaceous, nassa, species, snail, marine, gastropod, mollusc, family, nassariidae, nassa, snails, whelks, shell, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, molluscaclass, gastropodasubclass, caenoga. Nassarius olivaceus common name the olivaceous nassa is a species of sea snail a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae the nassa mud snails or dog whelks 1 Nassarius olivaceusShell of Nassarius olivaceusScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum MolluscaClass GastropodaSubclass CaenogastropodaOrder NeogastropodaFamily NassariidaeSubfamily NassariinaeGenus NassariusSpecies N olivaceusBinomial nameNassarius olivaceus Bruguiere 1789 Synonyms 1 Arcularia taenia Gmelin 1791 Buccinum olivaceum Bruguiere 1789 basionym Buccinum taenia Gmelin 1791 Buccinum taenius Gmelin J F 1791 Nassa Alectryon taenia Gmelin 1791 Nassa Amycla dimorpha Cossmann 1903 Nassa Zeuxis olivacea Bruguiere 1789 Nassa Zeuxis taenia Gmelin 1791 Nassa Zeuxis taenia var badia A Adams 1852 Nassa approximata Pease W H 1868 Nassa badia Adams A 1852 Nassa dimorpha Cossmann A E M 1903 Nassa fusca Rousseau 1855 Nassa melanioides Reeve 1853 Nassa mitralis Adams A 1852 Nassa olivacea Bruguiere 1789 Nassa taenia Gmelin 1791 Nassa taenia var mitralis A Adams 1852 Nassarius Zeuxis olivaceus Bruguiere 1789 Nassarius taenius Gmelin 1791 Tarazeuxis mitralis A Adams 1852 Zeuxis olivaceus Marrat 1877 Zeuxis taenia Gmelin 1791 Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Parasites 4 References 5 External linksDescription editThe shell size varies between 25 mm and 50 mmThe ovate conical shell is of a reddish or olive color It is composed of eight or nine whorls the lowest of which composes nearly half of the shell It is smooth slightly arcuated and often ornamented upon each whorl with a whitish band When young it is marked with convex longitudinal folds which are intersected at the base of the body whorl only by five or six pretty deep transverse striae Upon the upper whorls the folds are much more close and also more prominent than upon the lowest where they often disappear altogether The edge of the aperture is whitish ovate notched at both ends the cavity of an ash color The notch above is small placed upon the upper edge of the outer lip where it is contracted to the form of a small canal The emargination of the base is arched The outer lip is thick margined exteriorly crenulated indistinctly upon the lower edge and marked within with very distinct transverse striae The left lip is continued in front in a thin leaf which extends a little over the columella It is smooth interiorly and edged throughout its whole length with a row of small drops 2 Distribution editThis species occurs in the Central and East Indian Ocean off Madagascar Mozambique South Africa Mauritius and Tanzania off East India Andaman Islands Indo Malaysia Thailand the Philippines Indonesia New Caledonia Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands and Australia Northern Territory Queensland Parasites editStephanostomum like cercariae from Australia Cercaria capricornia VII 3 References edit a b Nassarius olivaceus Bruguiere 1789 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 20 July 2012 Kiener 1840 General species and iconography of recent shells comprising the Massena Museum the collection of Lamarck the collection of the Museum of Natural History and the recent discoveries of travellers Boston W D Ticknor 1837 described as Buccinum olivaceum Barnett L J Miller T L amp Cribb T H 2010 Two new Stephanostomum like cercariae Digenea Acanthocolpidae from Nassarius dorsatus and N olivaceus Gastropoda Nassariidae in Central Queensland Australia Zootaxa 2445 35 52 PDF Bruguiere J G 1789 Buccinum Encyclopedie Methodique ou par de matieres Historie Naturelle des Vers et Mollusques 1 236 285 Gmelin J F 1791 Caroli a Linne Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae secundum classes ordines genera species cum characteribus differentiis synonymis locis Lipsiae Georg Emanuel Beer Vermes Vol 1 Part 6 pp 3021 3910 Adams A 1852 Catalogue of the species of Nassa a genus of Gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae in the Collection of Hugh Cuming Esq with the description of some new species Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851 19 94 112 Rousseau L 1854 Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l Oceanie sur les corvettes l Astrolabe et la Zelee execute pendant 1837 1840 sous le commandemant de M J Dumont d Urville publie sous la direction superieure de M Jacquinot etc 5 Zoologie Description des mollusques coquilles et zoophytes Paris Publisher unknown 132 pp Pease W H 1868 Description of sixty five new species of marine gastropodae inhabiting Polynesia American Journal of Conchology 3 4 271 297 Cossmann M 1903 Faune Pliocenique de Karikal Inde Francaise Journal de Conchyliologie 51 105 173 pls 3 6 Dautzenberg Ph 1929 Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar Faune des Colonies Francaises Tome III Spry J F 1961 The sea shells of Dar es Salaam Gastropods Tanganyika Notes and Records 56 Cernohorsky W O 1984 Systematics of the family Nassariidae Mollusca Gastropoda Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14 1 356 Drivas J amp M Jay 1988 Coquillages de La Reunion et de l ile Maurice Wilson B 1994 Australian Marine Shells Prosobranch Gastropods Kallaroo WA Odyssey Publishing Vol 2 370 pp Richmond M Ed 1997 A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands Sida Department for Research Cooperation SAREC Stockholm Sweden ISBN 91 630 4594 X 448 pp External links edit Nassarius Zeuxis olivaceus Gastropods com Retrieved 28 February 2011 nbsp Media related to Nassarius olivaceus at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nassarius olivaceus amp oldid 1140164590, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
