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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NASSARIIDAE: NASSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Nassariidae (Family)
> Nassariinae (Subfamily)
> Nassarius (Genus)
> glans particeps (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alectrion Montfort, 1810
=Niotha H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Arcularia particeps Hedley, 1915
=Nassa particeps (Hedley, 1915)
=Nassarius (Alectrion) glans particeps (Hedley, 1915) accepted, alternate representation
=Nassarius particeps (Hedley, 1915)
Images: Nassarius glans particeps (Hedley, 1915)
Near Cavalli Islands, Northland, NZ. 19mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NASSARIIDAE: NASSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Nassariidae (Family)
> Nassariinae (Subfamily)
> Nassarius (Genus)
> glans particeps (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alectrion Montfort, 1810
=Niotha H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Arcularia particeps Hedley, 1915
=Nassa particeps (Hedley, 1915)
=Nassarius (Alectrion) glans particeps (Hedley, 1915) accepted, alternate representation
=Nassarius particeps (Hedley, 1915)
Details: Nassarius glans particeps (Hedley, 1915)
Size/Grows to:
Height 28mm, Width 13mm
Distribution:
Northland east coast Cavalli Islands. Also New South Wales, Australia. Subtidal to approximately 77 metres, in sand
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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 (p.143)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.205)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil