MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Nassa ariel Preston, 1910) Preston, H. B. (1910). Description of five new species of marine shells from the Bay of Bengal. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 5: 117-121.
page(s): 118 [details]
original description
(of Nassa fretorum Melvill & Standen, 1899) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1899). Report on the Marine Mollusca obtained during the First Expedition of Prof. A. C. Haddon to the Torres Straits, in 1888-89. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 27 (174): 150-206, pls 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649268
page(s): 159-160, pl. 10, fig. 3. [details]
original description
(of Nassa pusio A. Adams, 1852) Adams, A. (1852-1853). Catalogue of the species of <i>Nassa</i>, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 94-112 [7 December 1852], 113-114 [29 April 1853]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859178
page(s): 100 [details]
original description
(of Nassa (Alectryon) fretorum Melvill & Standen, 1899) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1899). Report on the Marine Mollusca obtained during the First Expedition of Prof. A. C. Haddon to the Torres Straits, in 1888-89. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 27 (174): 150-206, pls 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649268
page(s): 159, pl. 10 fig. 3 [details]
basis of record
Cernohorsky, W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 14: i-iv, 1-356. [published 12 July 1984]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59858109 [details]
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. [details]