Nassa
See also: nassa
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Latin nassa (“narrow-necked basket”).
Proper noun edit
Nassa f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Muricidae – certain of the rock snails or murex snails.
Usage notes edit
- This, the genus currently accepted under ICZN, is Nassa Röding, 1798. Nassa Lamarck, 1799 is now Nassarius.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Caenogastropoda - subclass; Sorbeoconcha - order; Hypsogastropoda - suborder; Neogastropoda - infraorder; Muricoidea - superfamily; Muricidae - family; Muricinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Nassa serta - type species; Nassa francolina, Nassa situla, Nassa tuamotuensis - other accepted species
References edit
Nassa (gastropod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Rapaninae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Nassa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Nassa at World Register of Marine Species
- Nassa at National Center for Biotechnology Information
