Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Nassariidae > Subfamily Nassariinae

Nassarius Duméril, 1805

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eione*	Risso, 1826	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Arcularia*	Link, 1807	synonym
*Nassa (Aciculina)*	A. Adams, 1853	synonym
*Nassa (Alectrion)*	Montfort, 1810	synonym
*Nassa (Eione)*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Nassarius (Aciculina)*	A. Adams, 1853	synonym
*Nassarius (Arcularia)*	Link, 1807	synonym
*Nassarius (Plicarcularia)*	Thiele, 1929	synonym

Children

Nassarius arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nassarius argenteus (Marrat, 1877)
Nassarius circumcinctus (A. Adams, 1852)
Nassarius companyoi (Fontannes, 1879)
Nassarius macrodon (Bronn, 1831)
Nassarius quercinus (Marrat, 1880)
Nassarius sesarmus (Marrat, 1877)
Nassarius striatulus (Eichwald, 1829)
Nassarius vinctus (Marrat, 1877)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: dog whelks; nassas sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Reusenschnecken sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Swedish: nätsnäckor

Literature

original description	Duméril, A.M.C. (1805). Zoologie analytique, ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux, rendue plus facile à l'aide de tableaux synoptiques. Paris, Allais. pp. i-xxxiii + 1-344 [imprint date 1806].
additional source	Cernohorsky, W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 14: i-iv, 1-356. [published 12 July 1984].
additional source	Nazneen, S. & Begum, F. (1988). Hydrological studies of Lyari River. Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research. 31(1): 26-29.
subsequent type designation	Froriep, L. F. von. (1806). Duméril's analytische Zoologie. Weimar. vi + 356 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nassarius Duméril, 1805. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138235