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

Nassarius arcularia plicatus (Röding, 1798)

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Distorsio Röding, 1798

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nassarius*	Duméril, 1805	accepted genus name
*Eione*	Risso, 1826	junior homonym
*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

Subspecies group names

*Nassa crispata*	Marrat, 1877	synonym
*Nassa sulcifera*	A. Adams, 1852	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: shielded dogwhelk

Literature

additional source	Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Aquatic Invasions. 2(4): 281-312.
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].
identification resource	Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Nassariidae. Pp. 138-173, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nassarius arcularia plicatus (Röding, 1798). 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:142017