Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Nassariidae > Genus Nassarius

Nassarius pygmaeus (Lamarck, 1822)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nassarius*	Duméril, 1805	accepted genus name
*Nassa*	Lamarck, 1799	later homonym
*Hinia*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Nassa*	Lamarck, 1799	synonym
*Nassarius (Aciculina)*	Adams, 1853	synonym
*Nassarius (Gussonea)*	Monterosato, 1912	synonym
*Nassarius (Hima)*	Gray, 1852 ex Leach, ms.	synonym
*Nassarius (Hinia)*	Gray, 1847	synonym
*Tritia*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Species group names

*Hinia pygmaea*	(Lamarck, 1822)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: keglekormet dværgkonk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kleine fuikhoren sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

Swedish: mindre nätsnäcka

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
basis of record	Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356.
additional source	Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

Link To GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2011). Nassarius pygmaeus (Lamarck, 1822). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140512