MolluscaBase name details
Nassa optata A. Gould, 1860
572348 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572348)
unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Species
Nassa Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Tritia Risso, 1826
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gould, A. A. (1860). Descriptions of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 323-336 [September 1860], 337-340 [October 1860], 382-384 [December 1860]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249883
page(s): 331. [details]
page(s): 331. [details]
Type locality contained in Port Jackson
type locality contained in Port Jackson [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nassa optata A. Gould, 1860. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572348 on 2025-09-11
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Gould, A. A. (1860). Descriptions of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 323-336 [September 1860], 337-340 [October 1860], 382-384 [December 1860]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249883
page(s): 331. [details]
source of synonymy Cernohorsky W.O. (1981). Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 18:137-192. [details]
page(s): 331. [details]
source of synonymy Cernohorsky W.O. (1981). Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 18:137-192. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
