WoRMS name details

Nassarius obsoletus (Say, 1822)

160397  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160397)

 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nassa obsoleta Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 232-234 [details]   
Distribution Range: 48°N to 28.5°N; 81.1°W to 64°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, New Brunswick; USA:...  
Distribution Range: 48°N to 28.5°N; 81.1°W to 64°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, New Brunswick; USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida; Florida: East Florida, West Florida [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Nassarius obsoletus (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160397 on 2024-04-23
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2005-05-31 09:09:36Z
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original description  (of Nassa obsoleta Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 232-234 [details]   

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]   

basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]   

additional source Cernohorsky, W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 14: i-iv, 1-356. [published 12 July 1984]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59858109 [details]   

additional source Schaefer, C. W., Milch, P. & Levin, N. L. (1968). Death from desiccation in the mud-snail, <i>Nassarius obsoletus</i>: effect of temperature. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 81(4): 109-114., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8528134 [details]   

additional source Schaefer, C. W., Levin, N. L. & Milch, P. (1968). Death from dessication in the mud-snail, <i>Nassarius obsoletus</i>: effects of size. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 82(1): 28-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517073 [details]   

additional source Schaefer, C. W. (1969). Feeding and chemoreception in mud-snail, <i>Nassarius obsoletus</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 82(3): 108-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517161 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Dimensions maximum size of 25 mm [details]

Distribution Range: 48°N to 28.5°N; 81.1°W to 64°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, New Brunswick; USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida; Florida: East Florida, West Florida [details]

Habitat intertidal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
LanguageName 
English eastern mudsnaileastern mud nassa  [details]
French nassaire des vases de l'Est  [details]