Nassarius festivus

Nassarius festivus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. festiva
Binomial name
	Nassarius festiva; (Powys, 1835)
Synonyms
	Hinia festiva (Powys, 1835); † Nassa (Hebra) bonneti Cossmann, 1901; † Nassa (Hebra) bonneti var. kachhensis Vredenburg, 1925; Nassa (Hebra) bouneti Cossmann, 1901; Nassa (Hima) festiva (Powys, 1835); Nassa festiva Powys, 1835 (original combination); Nassa lirata Dunker, 1860 (junior synonym); Nassa nodata Hinds, 1844; Nassarius (Hinia) festivus (Powys, 1835); † Nassarius (Hinia) prefestivus MacNeil, 1960; Nassarius (Niotha) festivus (Powys, 1835); Reticunassa festiva (Powys, 1835); Tritia (Hinia) festivus (Powys, 1835); Tritia festiva (Powys, 1835);

Nassarius festivus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

This marine species occurs off China and Japan.

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Nassarius festivus (Powys, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560198 on 2024-07-09

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356