These snails have rounded shells with a high spire, an oval aperture, and a siphonal notch.
Distributionedit
This family of snails is found worldwide.
Habitatedit
These snails are found mostly in shallow water, on sandy or muddy substrates, often intertidally, but sometimes in deep water. They can be present in very large numbers in suitable habitat.
Feeding habitsedit
Nassariidae are primarily active and lively scavengers.
2005 taxonomyedit
The family Nassariidae is closely related to the family of the true whelks, Buccinidae, because of their shared characteristics in the anatomy of the species in these families,[2][3][4][5]), i.e. a long proboscis, the loss of glandular dorsal folds, and a smaller gland of Leiblein (a dorsal venom gland in the mid-oesophagus).
Kantor et al. (2022) used molecular data to revise the classification of the Buccinoidea superfamily, proposing 20 taxa of family rank and 23 subfamilies.[7] This included the description of a new subfamily of Nassariidae:
Genera within the family Nassariidae include:[9][10]
Nassariinae
The operculum is ovate, acute and with an apical nucleus; the margin is entire or serrated.
The eyes in some of the genera are near the base of the tentacles, in others near their middle, and are sometimes
wanting.
The aperture of the shell is either truncate, or with a short recurved siphonal canal, and the inner lip is usually callous and spreading over the body whorl.[11]
Adinassa Horro, Schönherr & Rolán, 2018 (unassigned in a subfamily)
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^The molecular phylogeny of the Buccinidae(Caenogastropoda: Neogastropoda) as inferred from the complete mitochondrial 16 S rRNA gene sequences of selected representatives, Molluscan Research 25 (2), pp. 85-98
^Li, Haitao; Lin, Duan; Fang, Hongda; Zhu, Aijia; Gao, Yang (2010). "Species identification and phylogenetic analysis of genus Nassarius (Nassariidae) based on mitochondrial genes". Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 28 (3): 565–572. Bibcode:2010ChJOL..28..565L. doi:10.1007/s00343-010-9031-4. S2CID 82834850.
^ abcKantor, Yuri I.; Fedosov, Alexander E.; Kosyan, Alisa R.; Puillandre, Nicolas; Sorokin, Pavel A.; Kano, Yasunori; Clark, Roger; Bouchet, Philippe (2022). "Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194 (3): 789–857. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031.
^Strong, E. E., Galindo, L. A., & Kantor, Y. I. (2017). "Quid est Clea helena? Evidence for a previously unrecognized radiation of assassin snails (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae)". PeerJ5: e3638. doi:10.7717/peerj.3638.
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^ abBouchet, P. (2017). Anentominae Strong, Galindo & Kantor, 2017. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1027028 on 2017-11-22
^ abcdefghijklmnoBouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2016). Photinae Gray, 1857. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225646 on 2017-11-22
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nassariidae.
Haasl, D.M. (September 2000). "Phylogenetic relationships among nassariid gastropods". Journal of Paleontology. 74 (5): 839–852. Bibcode:2000JPal...74..839H. doi:10.1017/s0022336000033047.
Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353