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Nassa shawi Preston, 1909
561056 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:561056)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Nassa Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Tritia Risso, 1826
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Preston, H. B. (1909). Description of new land and marine shells from Ceylon and S. India. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 3(2): 133-140; 3(3): pl. 22. Calcutta. [June and October, respectively]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11129993
page(s): 137, pl. 22, fig. 16 [details]
page(s): 137, pl. 22, fig. 16 [details]
Type locality contained in Sri Lanka
type locality contained in Sri Lanka [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nassa shawi Preston, 1909. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=561056 on 2025-09-11
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Preston, H. B. (1909). Description of new land and marine shells from Ceylon and S. India. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 3(2): 133-140; 3(3): pl. 22. Calcutta. [June and October, respectively]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11129993
page(s): 137, pl. 22, fig. 16 [details]
source of synonymy 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]
page(s): 137, pl. 22, fig. 16 [details]
source of synonymy 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
