WoRMS taxon details
Nassarius pullus (Linnaeus, 1758)
215749 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215749)
accepted
Species
Arcularia thersites (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted
Buccinum pullus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Buccinum thersites Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted
Nassa (Arcularia) thersites (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted
Nassa (Eione) dorsuosa A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted (basionym)
Nassa (Eione) sondeiana K. Martin, 1895 † · unaccepted
Nassa (Eione) thersites (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted
Nassa dorsuosa A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted
Nassa pulla (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Nassa thersites (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted
Nassarius (Arcularia) thersites (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted
Nassarius (Plicarcularia) pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Nassarius dorsuosus (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Nassarius thersites (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted
Plicarcularia thersites (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted
marine
(of Buccinum pullus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nassarius pullus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215749 on 2026-07-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Buccinum pullus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Buccinum thersites Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 1(1): 279 [details]
original description (of Nassa (Eione) dorsuosa A. Adams, 1852) Adams, A. (1852-1853). Catalogue of the species of <i>Nassa</i>, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 94-112 [7 December 1852], 113-114 [29 April 1853]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859178
page(s): 102. [details]
original description (of Nassa (Eione) sondeiana K. Martin, 1895 †) Martin K. (1895-1906). Die Fossilien von Java auf grund einer Sammlung von Dr. R. D. M. Verbeek. I. Band. Gasteropoda. <em>Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden.</em> new ser., 1(2-5): 1-132, pls 1-20 [1895]; 1(6-8): 133-220, pls 21-33 [1899]; 1(9): 221-281, pls 34-41 [1905]; 1(10): 282-332, pls 42-45 [1906]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42306724
page(s): 112 [details]
basis of record 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]
[request]original description (of Buccinum thersites Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 1(1): 279 [details]
original description (of Nassa (Eione) dorsuosa A. Adams, 1852) Adams, A. (1852-1853). Catalogue of the species of <i>Nassa</i>, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 94-112 [7 December 1852], 113-114 [29 April 1853]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859178
page(s): 102. [details]
original description (of Nassa (Eione) sondeiana K. Martin, 1895 †) Martin K. (1895-1906). Die Fossilien von Java auf grund einer Sammlung von Dr. R. D. M. Verbeek. I. Band. Gasteropoda. <em>Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden.</em> new ser., 1(2-5): 1-132, pls 1-20 [1895]; 1(6-8): 133-220, pls 21-33 [1899]; 1(9): 221-281, pls 34-41 [1905]; 1(10): 282-332, pls 42-45 [1906]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42306724
page(s): 112 [details]
basis of record 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Nassarius dorsuosus (A. Adams, 1852))
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nassarius thersites (Bruguière, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Nassa pulla (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Nassa thersites (Bruguière, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Nassa dorsuosa A. Adams, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Buccinum thersites Bruguière, 1789)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nassarius dorsuosus) (from synonym Nassarius dorsuosus (A. Adams, 1852))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nassarius pullus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Nassarius dorsuosus (A. Adams, 1852))
To Malacopics (Nassarius pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) Solomon Islands, Malaita, Ata'a, ex coll. Natuurm...
To Malacopics (Nassarius pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) Taiwan, Kaohsiung, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To NHMUK collection (Nassa dorsuosa A. Adams, 1852; LECTOTYPE AND PARALECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3505431) (from synonym Nassa dorsuosa A. Adams, 1852)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Plicarcularia thersites (Bruguière, 1789))
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nassarius thersites (Bruguière, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Nassa pulla (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Nassa thersites (Bruguière, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Nassa dorsuosa A. Adams, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Buccinum thersites Bruguière, 1789)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nassarius dorsuosus) (from synonym Nassarius dorsuosus (A. Adams, 1852))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nassarius pullus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Nassarius dorsuosus (A. Adams, 1852))
To Malacopics (Nassarius pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) Solomon Islands, Malaita, Ata'a, ex coll. Natuurm...
To Malacopics (Nassarius pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) Taiwan, Kaohsiung, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To NHMUK collection (Nassa dorsuosa A. Adams, 1852; LECTOTYPE AND PARALECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3505431) (from synonym Nassa dorsuosa A. Adams, 1852)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Plicarcularia thersites (Bruguière, 1789))
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
Unreviewed
.jpg "To Malacopics (Nassarius pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) Solomon Islands, Malaita, Ata'a, ex coll. Natuurm...")
Hosted externally
.jpg "To Malacopics (Nassarius pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) Taiwan, Kaohsiung, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)")
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