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Subject:	Re: Nassa/Nassarius?
From:	Marco Oliverio <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 16 Feb 2001 19:29:23 +0100
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At 13.05 16/02/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Question:  Why do European folks use the name Nassa, rather than Nassarius,
>in speaking of species in the family Nassariidae?  Isn't Nassa a genus in
>Muricidae?

Yes, Paul, Nassa is a muricid. But there are also many Europeans that
correctly use Nassarius. See e.g. the CLEMAM at
http://www.mnhn.fr/base/malaco.html

see also: Sabelli B., R. Giannuzzi-Savelli & D. Bedulli, (1990-1992).
Annotated Check-list of Mediterranean marine mollusks. Vols. 1-3. Libreria
Naturalistica Bolognese, Bologna.

Cheers

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