CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE IREDALE, 1916 (1835) (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA: BUCCINOIDEA) FROM INDIA

Sayali Nerurkar

A detailed investigation of the available literature on the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Buccinoidea) from India has shown that a species inventory of the family has never been made. Over the years, the occurrence of Nassariids in India had only been documented by local inventories. Some of them lack rigour and are characterized by misidentifications, the use of invalid or non-available names, and an intimidating list of synonyms. The repetitive use of such erroneous names has created a chaotic taxonomic scenario regarding mud whelks from India. Our study indicates that there is an urgent need for a comprehensive systematic study of the family to fill the considerable gap in the knowledge of the diversity and biogeography of Nassariidae from India.

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, Vol. 117: 2020 3-38 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE IREDALE, 1916 (1835) (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA: BUCCINOIDEA) FROM INDIA1 Sayali Nerurkar2,4,*, lee aNN GaliNdo3 aNd deepak apte2,5 1 Accepted July 18, 2019 First published: April 07, 2020 | doi: 10.17087/jbnhs/2020/v117/143923 2 Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, S.B. Singh Road, Mumbai 400 001, Maharashtra, India. 3 Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, MNHN, Paris, France. Email: galindo@mnhn.fr 4 Email: sayali.mavalankar@gmail.com 5 Email: spiderconch@gmail.com *Corresponding author A detailed investigation of the available literature on the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Buccinoidea) from India has shown that a species inventory of the family has never been made. Over the years, the occurrence of Nassariids in India had only been documented by local inventories. Some of them lack rigour and are characterized by misidentifications, the use of invalid or non-available names, and an intimidating list of synonyms. The repetitive use of such erroneous names has created a chaotic taxonomic scenario regarding mud whelks from India. Our study indicates that there is an urgent need for a comprehensive systematic study of the family to fill the considerable gap in the knowledge of the diversity and biogeography of Nassariidae from India. Key words: Indian malacology, Indian Ocean, literature review, mud whelks INTRODUCTION India is one among 17 mega-biodiversity countries with 35 hotspots encompassing the richest and most highly endangered eco-regions of the world (MoEF 2014). In terms of the marine environment, India has an extensive coastline of approximately 8,000 km, of which nine states (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal) and two union territories (Daman & Diu and Puducherry) account for 5,422.6 km. The remaining 2,094 km of coastline is constituted by the Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Bay of Bengal) and Lakshadweep Islands (Arabian Sea). The continental shelf area is about 372,424 sq. km with a wide array of coastal marine ecosystems, which host a vast marine biodiversity (Venkataraman and Wafar 2005). The molluscan diversity of India is estimated to be 7.62% of the total molluscan diversity of the world (Rao 1998). Despite well-researched taxa, there is no consensus among various authors on the total number and identity of marine molluscs. Rao (1991, 1998) estimated 3,400 species (242 families, 591 genera) of molluscs from marine habitats of India on the basis of available literature and field observations. In a report on the coastal marine biodiversity, Venkataraman and Wafar (2005) recorded 3,370 marine molluscs, whereas Tripathy and Mukhopadhyay (2015) reported 2,300 species. India’s marine diversity is mainly made up by molluscs, knowledge of which is far from complete (Rao 1998). Very little information is available on deep-sea and freshwater malacofauna. Review of the literature on Indian malacofauna shows that very few publications have focused on classical taxonomy. Much of the work has been devoted to molluscan diversity studies in coral reef, freshwater and mangrove ecosystems as part of data compilation for general biodiversity assessments, or to the study of intertidal ecology of Indian coasts. Within these, the majority of the publications were restricted to commercially important freshwater (Rao and Dey 1989; Tripathy and Mukhopadhyay 2014) and marine molluscs (Appukuttan and Ramadoss 2000; Nair 1962; Sarvaiya 1989), and macrobenthic fauna including molluscs (Raut et al. 2005; Roy et al. 2008; Satheesh Kumar and Khan 2013). Besides this restriction to mainly commercial species in molluscan diversity studies in India, the systematics of various molluscan families is still in flux and needs thorough revision. In many cases, no further investigations have been made after the original discovery, e.g., Conradia cancellata was only found in “Ennur backwater, Madras” by Preston (1916a), and no substantial reference is made to it in subsequent literature. The present study aims to review the available literature on Indian malacofauna to clarify the status and prospects of the systematics of the Family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) distributed along the Indian coasts. Nassariids (also known as mud whelks) are a group of scavengers that diversified on soft bottom habitats and to a lesser extent on rocky shores, from intertidal to moderately deep water, ranging between 0–300 m, but sometimes extending to 1,000 m depth (Cernohorsky 1984). The comprehensive molecular phylogeny by Galindo et al. (2016) reclassified CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA and expanded the limits of the clade Nassariidae. The family now comprises 603 extant valid species (Phillippe Bouchet pers. comm.) with the latest inclusion of subfamily Photinae and genera Nassaria, Trajana, Tomlinia, Clea, and Anentome (Strong et al. 2017), formerly considered members of family Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Galindo et al. 2016). To our knowledge, Indian coasts are especially interesting for nassarid fauna, as they provide numerous habitats favouring nassariid diversification. Indian coasts were found to be the type locality of several nominal species described during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. However, in the currently included biodiversity inventories, the actual number of species within Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) is still unknown. The morphological characters previously used to define nassariid species might be difficult to interpret, and the intimidating list of synonyms further complicates any taxonomic decision. Thorough investigation of available references/literature on marine malacofauna from India have shown that these publications, being severely impacted by grey literature, document the species data without validation and have created multiple synonyms, causing taxonomic chaos in the family. The considerable gap in the knowledge of Nassariidae diversity and zoogeography from India demands a comprehensive systematic study. MATERIAL AND METHODS Most of the references were retrieved from the library of the Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai. Web-based literature was accessed from Open Access Institutional Repository of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) – Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Digital Repository Services of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) and digital archive of publications by Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) http://faunaofindia.nic. in/php/archive.php along with Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) <www.biodiversitylibrary.org>, JSTOR <www. jstor.org>, BioStor <biostor.org> and open access journals. The sites https://www.researchgate.net and https://www. academia.edu/ were also accessed. Key words used for the search were “indian+malacology”, “marine+molluscan+biodiversity+distribution+India”, “marine+faunal+diversity+distribution+India”, “marine+ molluscan+systematics+India”, “indian+ocean+biodiversity”, “marine+gastropods+classification+taxonomy+India”, and “family+Nassariidae+India”. A comprehensive list of articles was put together by using the abovementioned keywords. The articles were selected on the basis that they should contain any information on marine or brackishwater gastropods 4 from India. Full text of the selected research articles was obtained and read carefully. The first list of articles was screened thoroughly to compile a list of references on family Nassariidae from India. Research papers from 1791 (first Nassariidae record from India, see Table 1) onwards were included in the study, and the time frame for the assessment was set from 1791 to 2017. To determine the status of family Nassariidae, we included all kinds of publications, namely primary, secondary, and grey literature. Primary literature includes peer-reviewed publications such as research papers, seminar and conference proceedings, natural history notes; secondary literature includes non-peer-reviewed publications like occasional papers, monographs, books, handbooks, field guides, checklists, catalogues, bulletins, memoirs and manuals. Grey literature comprised technical reports by governmental agencies, Environmental Impact Assessment Reports and others. For details, see Appendix 1. Seven categories were created to classify the literature subjectwise, as follows: 1. Molluscan Taxonomy and Diversity: Descriptions of a few species of molluscs including Nassariids along with the occurrence and information on other molluscs falling in that particular area, e.g., Nevill and Nevill (1875) described new species of gastropods collected from the Indian Ocean and also added notes on other gastropods collected from the same area which were already described by other malacologists. 2. Molluscan Diversity & Distribution: Publications with no new description; e.g. Smith (1878) gave a list of shells, with complete description and the habitat and localities from where they were collected. 3. General Marine Biodiversity: Reports of Nassariids along with the intertidal fauna including Porifera, Coelenterata, Annelida, Sipunculoidea, Echiuroidea, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Echinodermata and fishes. 4. General Biodiversity: Reports of Nassariids along with overall biodiversity of a particular area, e.g. Gulf of Kachchh (Gujarat) (Rao and Sastry 2005). 5. Macrobenthic fauna: This type lists molluscs from benthos sampling along with biomass study, e.g. Desai (1971). 6. Ecology: Ecological study of a particular area, covering its general biodiversity. 7. Biology: Only one publication was found in this category, focusing on morphology, anatomy and sex ratio of Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin, 1791) (Thivakaran and Kasinathan 1987). A detailed classification of the selected literature is shown in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 1: Selected literature considered to study the current status of taxonomy of family Nassariidae from India Sr. Author(s) No. Year Source Type Status Identified by Subject Area 1 Gmelin 1791 Systema Naturae, 13th edn Book Peerreviewed Specialist Molluscan Taxonomy & Diversity 2 Röding 1798 Museum Boltenianum, sive, Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Book Peerreviewed Specialist Molluscan Taxonomy & Diversity 3 Benson 1861 The Annals and Magazine of Natural History Natural history note Peerreviewed Specialist Molluscan Taxonomy & Diversity 4 Nevill & Nevill 1874 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Natural history note Peerreviewed Specialist Molluscan Taxonomy & Diversity 5 Nevill & Nevill 1875 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Natural history note Peerreviewed Specialist Molluscan Taxonomy & Diversity 6 Smith 1878 Proceedings of the Zoological Society Natural history note Peerreviewed Specialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 7 Abercrombei 1893 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society Natural history note Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 8 Melvill & Abercrombie 1893 Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society Memoir Peerreviewed Specialist Molluscan Taxonomy & Diversity 9 Smith 1894 The Annals and Magazine of Natural History Natural history note Peerreviewed Specialist Molluscan Taxonomy & Diversity 10 Melvill & Sykes 1896 Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London Natural history note Peerreviewed Specialist Molluscan Taxonomy & Diversity 11 Melvill & Sykes 1897 Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London Natural history note Peerreviewed Specialist Molluscan Taxonomy & Diversity 12 Melvill & Standen 1898 The Manchester Museum Owens College. Museum Handbook Handbook Non Peerreviewed Specialist Molluscan Taxonomy & Diversity 13 Melvill & Standen 1901 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Natural history note Peerreviewed Specialist Molluscan Taxonomy & Diversity 14 Preston 1914 Records of the Indian Museum Natural history note Non Peerreviewed Specialist Molluscan Taxonomy & Diversity 15 Preston 1916a Records of the Indian Museum Natural history note Non Peerreviewed Specialist Molluscan Taxonomy & Diversity 16 Preston 1916b Records of the Indian Museum Natural history note Non Peerreviewed Specialist Molluscan Taxonomy & Diversity 17 Annandale & Kemp 1916 Memoirs of The Indian Museum: Fauna of the Chilka Lake Memoir Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Marine Biodiversity 18 Annandale & Prashad 1919 Records of the Indian Museum Natural history note Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Taxonomy & Diversity 19 Annandale 1924 Memoirs of the Indian Museum: Fauna of the Chilka Lake Memoir Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Marine Biodiversity 20 Winckworth 1931 Proceedings of Malacological Society Natural history note Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 21 Panikkar & Aiyar 1937 Proceedings of Indian Academy of Sciences Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Marine Biodiversity 22 Crichton 1942 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society Natural history note NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution J. 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Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 Peerreviewed 5 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 1: Selected literature considered to study the current status of taxonomy of family Nassariidae from India (contd) Sr. Author(s) No. Year Source Type Status Identified by Subject Area 23 Satyamurti 1952 Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum Bulletin Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Marine Biodiversity 24 Menon et al. 1961 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 25 Government Central Museum, Madras 1969 Catalogue of the Mollusca in the Collection of Government Central Museum, Madras Catalogue NonSpecialist General Marine Biodiversity 26 Desai 1971 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Macrobenthic fauna 27 Namboodri & Sivadas 1980 Current Science Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 28 Parulekar 1981 Mahasagar – Bulletin of The National Institute of Oceanography Research paper Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Marine Biodiversity 29 Cernohorsky 1984 Bulletin of Auckland Institute and Museum Monograph Specialist Molluscan Taxonomy & Diversity 30 Thivakaran & Kasinathan 1987 Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Bulletin 42 (Pt 1) Research paper Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Biology 31 Appukuttan et al. 1989 Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Bulletin 43 Bulletin Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Marine Biodiversity 32 Mookherjee & Barua 1989 Records of Zoological Survey of India Natural history note Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 33 Pinn 1990 Shells of Pondicherry Book Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 34 Rao & Rao 1991 State Fauna Series 2: Fauna of Lakshadweep, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Book Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Genaral Biodiversity 35 Rao et al. 1991 State Fauna Series 1 Part 3: Fauna of Orissa, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Book Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Genaral Biodiversity 36 Rao & Dey 2000 Occasional Paper no. 187, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Occasional paper Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 37 Mohapatra 2001 Estuarine Ecosystem Series 4, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Book Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Marine Biodiversity 38 Quadros 2001 Ph.D. Thesis Thesis Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Ecology 39 Hylleberg & Kilburn 2002 Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 26 Workshop, seminar and conference proceedings Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 40 Rao 2003 Occasional Paper no. 192, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Occasional paper Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 41 Venkataraman 2004 et al. Occasional Paper no. 226, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Occasional paper Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Biodiversity 42 Apte Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society Natural history note Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 6 2004 Non Peerreviewed Peerreviewed J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 1: Selected literature considered to study the current status of taxonomy of family Nassariidae from India (contd) Identified by Subject Area Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Macrobenthic Fauna Conservation Area Series no. 23, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Book Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Biodiversity 2006 NBA Scientific Bulletin Number 6 Bulletin Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Biodiversity Dey 2006 Handbook on Mangrove Associate Handbook Molluscs of Sundarbans, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 47 Ramakrishna et al. 2007 State Fauna Series 5: Part 7, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 48 Ganesh & 2007 Marine Ecological Progress Series Research paper Peer- Non- Macrobenthic Fauna Sr. Author(s) No. Year Source Type 43 Raut et al. 2005 Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 44 Rao & Sastry 2005 45 Sanjeeva Raj 46 Book Raman Status reviewed Specialist 49 Roy et al. 2008 National Seminar on Dimensions in Zoological Research in Human Welfare Workshop, seminar and conference proceedings Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Macrobenthic Fauna 50 Prabhakaran 2008 Ph.D. Thesis Thesis Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Ecology 51 Dey 2008 Occasional Paper no. 286, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Occasional paper Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 52 Pati et al. 2009 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society Natural history note Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 53 Mohapatra 2009 Estuarine Ecosystem Series 5, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Book Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Marine Biodiversity 54 Anbuchezhian et al. 2009 Global Journal of Environmental Research Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Macrobenthic Fauna 55 Mohanraj et al. 2010 Indian Journal of Science and Technology Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 56 Vaghela Thesis Thesis Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Ecology 57 Venkataraman 2012 & Venkataraman Souvenir: International Day for Biological Diversity Workshop, seminar and conference proceedings Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 58 Apte et al. 2012 Diversity of Coastal Ecosystems of Maharashtra: Part 3, Bombay Natural History Society Technical Report Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Biodiversity 59 Manisseri et al. 2012 CMFRI Special Publication, 107 Catalogue Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Marine Biodiversity 60 Sakkaravarthi et al. 2012 European Journal of Experimental Research paper PeerBiology reviewed NonSpecialist General Marine Biodiversity 61 Pati & Sharma 2012 State Fauna Series 20: Part two, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Book Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Biodiversity 62 Venkataraman 2012 et al. Book, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Book Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Marine Biodiversity 2010 J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 7 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 1: Selected literature considered to study the current status of taxonomy of family Nassariidae from India (contd) Sr. Author(s) No. Year Source Type Status Identified by Subject Area 63 Parasharya 2012 Thesis Ph. D. Thesis Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Marine Biodiversity 64 Khade & Mane 2012 Recent Research in Science and Technology Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 65 Satheesh 2012 Kumar & Khan Ocean Science Journal Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 66 Shaikh & Bhalerao 2012 Trends in Fisheries Research Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 67 Susan et al. 2012 World Journal of Fish and Marine Sciences Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 68 Haragi & Naik 2012 Cibtech Journal of Zoology Research paper Peer- Non- General Marine reviewed Specialist Biodiversity 69 Thilagavathi et al. 2013 Journal of Aquaculture Research and Development Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Macrobenthic Fauna 70 David 2013 Journal of Marine Biological Association of India Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 71 Behera & Nayak 2013 International Journal of Ecosystem Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Macrobenthic Fauna 72 Kurve et al. 2013 Proceedings of the National Conference on Biodiversity Workshop, seminar and conference proceedings NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 73 Satheesh 2013 Kumar & Khan Aquatic Biosystems Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Macrobenthic Fauna 74 Rajasekaran et al. 2013 Advances in Applied Science Research Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 75 Mohan et al. 2013 Arthropods Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 76 Subburaman et al. 2014 Conservation Action Series: Daring to Restore Technical Report NonSpecialist General Marine Biodiversity 77 Prajapati & Dharaiya 2014 International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist General Biodiversity 78 Paul et al. 2014 Indian Journal of Applied Research Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 79 Vadher et al. 2014 Advances in Applied Science Research Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 80 Sakthivel & Fernando 2014 Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 81 Soni & Thakur 2015 International Journal of Environment Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 82 Gurumayum 2015 Advances in Applied Science Research Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution 8 Non Peerreviewed Non Peerreviewed J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 1: Selected literature considered to study the current status of taxonomy of family Nassariidae from India (contd) Status Identified by Subject Area Non Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution Advances in Bioresearch Research paper Peerreviewed NonSpecialist Molluscan Diversity & Distribution Sr. Author(s) No. Year Source 83 Samuel 2016 Training Manual: National Training Workshop, Programme on Biodiversity of seminar and Marine Molluscs conference proceedings 84 Kantharajan et al. 2017 Regional Studies in Marine Sciences 85 Darwin & Padmavathi 2017 86 Baxi et al. 2017 Table 1. After the perusal of the literature from 1791 to 2017, a comprehensive list of extant Nassariid species described and reported from India was made along with the citations. Inferences on biodiversity per state, time-frame, and the length of the coastline along each state have been made in an attempt to draw a general biogeographic pattern of the Nassariidae present in Indian waters. RESULTS Cernohorsky (1984) revised all the Indo-Pacific nassariid species; Dekker and Kool (1999) re-evaluated Nassarius albescens (Dunker, 1846) species-group in which Nassarius gemmuliferus (A. Adams, 1852) from India is treated. Despite these few studies, no major taxonomic revision happened within the family from India. Only species composition and distribution were recorded along with general molluscan diversity (faunistic inventories) studies and biodiversity studies of macrobenthic fauna. Table 2 represents Nassariid species described from India with original and revised nomenclature, type locality, and status. We have also given recent names of type localities to avoid confusion. Thirty-four species of Nassariids were described from type localities along the Indian coast during the time period under study, mainly in the 19th century. Of these, 15 are accepted as valid (Table 2). The data for Nassariidae species checklist is maintained to date and includes a total of 1,060 species records. For convenience, this vast data is summarized in Table 3, which shows the number of Nassariid species reported from India with their names used on the inventory paper as it is (it may or may not be the original name of the species) along with their valid names and the references from which the data has been extracted. This table also includes details about statewise occurrence and zoogeographic distribution of these species. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 Type Figures 1, 2 and 3 are categorized graphic representations of Table 3. We perceived an increase in the appearance of family Nassariidae in published data after 1980 (Fig. 1). The total number of species within a genus reported from India is represented in Fig. 2, which indicates that the Nassariids from Indian waters are largely dominated by genus Nassarius (subfamily Nassariinae), with 88 species recorded. Statewise representation of the number of Nassariidae species reported from India is shown in Fig. 3. Species richness against the length of the coastline of all coastal states and Union Territories is presented in Fig. 4, considering that species richness is directly proportional to the length of the coastline. Fig. 4 shows a lower number of species per coast length reported from Goa, West Bengal, Karnataka, Odisha, Kerala, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Gujarat compared to Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep Islands. A quantitative representation of types of literature and broad subject areas of primary literature in which Nassariid species were previously reported from India is given in Fig. 5. Only 62% of the reports of Nassariids from India have appeared in primary literature, while the remainder exist as grey literature (Fig. 5a). Within primary literature, about 20% papers focus on Nassariid taxonomy (Fig. 5b). In only 25% of the publications, the identifications of Nassariidae were made by a specialist on the family (Table 1). From most recent publications it is clear that many researchers still use subgenera in the classification of the family. Tripathy and Mukhopadhyay (2015) stated that family Nassariidae was represented in India by 3 subfamilies with 4 genera, 10 subgenera and 72 species. The authors, however, have not provided the list of species within the family. This work was based primarily on the earlier records of Indian marine molluscs, material present in the National Collection of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), material received by 9 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 2: Species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) described from India with original and revised nomenclature Sr. No. Original name Type locality (Old names) Type locality (Recent names) Status Revised/Valid/Accepted name 1 Nassa stolata Gmelin, 1791 Tranquebar coast - Accepted Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin, 1791) 2 Nassa foveolata Dunker, 1847 Oriental India - Accepted Nassarius foveolatus (Dunker, 1847) 3 Nassa (Hima) sistroidea G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874 Andaman Island - Unaccepted Nassarius subspinosa (Lamarck, 1822) 4 Nassa (Telasco) stoliczkana G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874 Kozhikode Kerala Unaccepted Nassarius nodifer (Powys, 1835) 5 Nassa (Arcularia) callospira A. Adams, 1874 Andaman Island Accepted Nassarius callospira (A. Adams, 1852) 6 Nassa obesa G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875 Kutch, Gujarat Accepted Nassarius obesus (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875) 7 Nassa pseudoconcinna E.A. Smith, 1895 Off Gujarat, Arabian Sea Accepted Nassarius pseudoconcinnus (E.A. Smith, 1895) 8 Nassa turrifera E.A. Smith, 1895 Off Coromandel coast - Unaccepted Nassarius babylonicus (Watson, 1882) 9 Nassa (Niotha) eucomista Melvill & Sykes, 1896 Andaman Island - Unaccepted Nassarius cremates (Hinds, 1844) 10 Nassa subconstricta Sowerby, 1899 Port Canning, Mouth of Ganges - Accepted Nassarius subconstrictus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1899) 11 Nassarius tristis Preston, 1908 Andaman Island - Unaccepted Nassarius moestus (Hinds, 1844) 12 Nassa jacunda Preston, 1908 Andaman Island - Unaccepted Nassarius disparilis (E.A. Smith, 1903) 13 Nassa ariel Preston, 1910 Balasore Bay, Orissa Balasore Bay, Odisha Unaccepted Nassarius fretorum (Melvill & Standen, 1899) 14 Nassa denegabilis Preston, 1914 Chilka Lake, Orissa Chilika Lake, Odisha Unaccepted Nassarius subconstrictus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1899) 15 Nassa orissaensis Preston, 1914 Chilka Lake, Orissa Chilika Lake, Odisha Accepted Nassarius orissaensis (Preston, 1914) 16 Nassa (Phrontis) gangetica Preston, 1915 Calcutta Kolkata Unaccepted Nassarius subconstrictus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1899) 17 Nassa fossae Preston, 1915 Canal near Chingrighatta, Calcutta Canal near Chingrighatta, Kolkata Accepted Nassarius fossae (Preston, 1915) 18 Nassa orissaensis var. ennurensis Preston, 1916 Ennur backwater near Chingrighatta, Madras Ennur backwater near Chingrighatta, Chennai Unaccepted Nassarius orissaensis (Preston, 1914) 19 Nassa kempi Preston, 1916 Semiramis Bay, Andaman Island - Unaccepted Nassarius agapetus (Watson, 1882) 20 Nassa phoenicensis Preston, 1916 Phoenix Bay, Andaman Island - Unaccepted Nassarius sinusigerus (A. Adams, 1852) 21 Nassa orissaensis var. depauperata Annandale & Prashad, 1919 Kaikal Maree, near Port Canning, Gangetic Delta - Unaccepted Nassarius orissaensis (Preston, 1914) 22 Nassa zailensis var. andamanica Melvill & Sykes, 1898 Andaman Island - Unaccepted Nassarius deshayesianus (Issel, 1866) 10 Kachchh, Gujarat J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 2: Species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) described from India with original and revised nomenclature (contd) Sr. No. Original name Type locality (Old names) Type locality (Recent names) Status Revised/Valid/Accepted name 23 Buccinum ornatum Kiener, 1834 Coromandel coast - Unaccepted Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin, 1791) 24 Nassarius gerstenbrandti Preston, 1908 Andaman Island - Unaccepted Nassarius ecstilbus (Melvill & Standen, 1896) 25 Nassa (Niotha) angriasensis Melvill & Standen, 1901 Angrias Bank Angria Bank Unaccepted Nassarius bellus (Marrat, 1877) 26 Nassarius gemmuliferus (A. Adams, 1852) Madras Chennai Accepted Nassarius gemmuliferus (A. Adams, 1852) 27 Nassodonta insignis H. Adams, Cochin backwater, Kerala Kochi backwater, Accepted Kerala Nassodonta insignis H. Adams, 1867 1867 28 Nassodonta gravely Preston, 1916 Cochin backwater, Kerala Kochi backwater, Unaccepted Kerala Nassodonta annensleyi Benson, 1861 29 Bullia malabarica Hanley Malabar coast - Unaccepted Bullia melanoides (MS name) (Deshayes, 1832) 30 Bullia tranquebarica (Röding, 1798) Tranquebar coast - Accepted Bullia tranquebarica (Röding 1798) 31 Nassaria coromandelica E.A. Smith, 1894 Off Coromandel coast - Accepted Nassaria coromandelica E.A. Smith, 1899 32 Nassaria laevior E.A. Smith, 1899 Off Andaman Is. - Accepted Nassaria laevior E.A. Smith, 1899 33 Clea annesleyi Benson, 1861 Quilon Kollum, Kerala Accepted Nassodonta annesleyi (Benson, 1861) 34 Cyllene fuscata A. Adams, 1851 Bombay Mumbai Accepted Cyllene fuscata A. Adams, 1851 Note: MS name – name used in the manuscript the ZSI’s Mollusca Section from different parts of the country for identification, and publications on marine Mollusca of India other than those of ZSI (Tripathy and Mukhopadhyay 2015). But our literature survey has yielded 117 species discretely recorded within the family (Table 3). The list (Tables 1 & 3) includes species from the Alaska Gulf, the Caribbean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea due to misidentifications or identifications by comparing photographs without any expert validation. Phrontis, Tritia and Antillophos do not occur in the Indo-Pacific region. Thus, records of these genera from Indian waters are due to errors in identification (Fig. 2). For example, Phrontis vibex (Say, 1822) recorded from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Venkataraman et al. 2004) and Goa (David 2013) is very unlikely, since the species is endemic to the Caribbean Sea. Tritia burchardi (Dunker, 1849) reported by Melvill & Standen (1898) from Tamil Nadu, and by Preston (1914), Annandale & Kemp (1916), Annandale (1924) from Odisha, needs to be re-examined as this species occurs along the southern half of Australia and New Zealand, not in the Indian Ocean. Likewise, Tritia obsoleta (Say, 1822), a species from the North-East American coast is erroneously reported from Goa by David (2013). A West African species Naytia J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 granulosa (Lamarck, 1822), reported by Haragi and Naik (2012) from Karnataka, can be considered a misidentification of Bullia sp. Clea bockii Brot 1881 was first reported from the Godavari estuary, Andhra Pradesh by Rao (2003) and the same reference was followed by Ramakrishna et al. (2007). Here Rao (2003) provided a photograph of a shell identified as Clea bockii Brot (Pl. 61, fig. 8), which shows the shell sculpture and characters of genus Nassarius. DISCUSSION The published data seems to be severely impacted by grey literature (Table 1 & 3), which cannot be used in the authentication of the records and distribution of the species. The identifications in such publications remain uncertain as neither have the specimens been deposited in an accessible collection nor do photographs exist for further examination. Strikingly, many authors do not write species names including the citation of the original author(s) and date (Table 3). All published taxonomic sources (monographs, identification keys, primary taxonomic literature and revisions) used for identification or as a source of nomenclatural information (e.g. 11 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) Subfamily: PHOTINAE Gray, 1857 1 Phos senticosum, Phos senticosus Linn. (Linnaeus, 1758) Smith, 1878 X Phos senticosus Appukuttan et al. 1989 X Phos senticosus Rao & Dey, 2000 X Rao, 2003 X Phos senticosus Linneaus, 1758 Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Phos senticosus Mohanraj et al. 2010 (Linnaeus) Phos senticosus (Linnaeus, 1758) 2 Phos roseatum, Hinds Phos roseatus Hinds, 1844 Phos roseatus Hinds Phos roseatus Hinds 3 Smith, 1878 X Rao & Rao, 1991 X X Smith, 1878 X Melvill & Sykes, 1896 X Phos textum (Gmelin) Rao & Dey, 2000 X Phos textum (Gmelin, 1791) Rao, 2003 X Phos textum (Gmelin, 1791) Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Phos textus (Gmelin, 1791) Phos textum, Gmel. 4 X Venkataraman et al. 2004 Phos textum, Gmel. Phos textilis A. Adams Phos textilis A. Adams, X Rao & Rao, 1991 X X 1851 5 Phos rufocincta Smith Antillophos rufocinctus Melvill & Sykes, 1896 X (A. Adams, 1851) 6 Phos retecosus Hinds, Antillophos retecosus 1844 (Hinds, 1844) Phos retecosus 7 Phos blainvillei Deshayes Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 X Samuel, 2016 X Phos blainvillei Deshayes Venkataraman et al. 2004 X in Bélanger, 1832 Subfamily: CYLLENINAE Bellardi, 1882 8 Cyllene fuscata, (A. Ad.) Cyllene fuscata, (A. Ad.) Cyllene fuscata A. Adams, 1851 Abercrombei, 1893 X Melvill & Abercrombei, X X 1893 Cyllene fuscata, A. Ad. Melvill & Standen, 1898 Cyllene fuscata A. Adams, 1851 Cernohorsky, 1984 Cyllene (Cyllene) fuscata Rao et al. 1991 X X X X A. Adams. Cyllene fuscata Adams & Reeve, Pati & Sharma, 2012 X 1849 12 J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 9 Melvill and Abercrombie, 1893 X Nassaria suturalis, A. Ad. Melvill & Standen, 1898 X Nassaria suturalis, (A. Adams) Pinn, 1990 Nassaria suturalis var. recurva, Nassaria acuminata (Sowb.) (Reeve, 1844) Nassaria suturalis (Adams) Rao et al. 1991 Nassaria acuminata (Reeve) Rao & Dey, 2000 Nassaria acuminata Rao, 2003 X X X X X X X X (Reeve, 1844) Nassaria acuminata Venkataraman et al. 2004 X X (Reeve, 1844) Nassaria acuminata Ramakrishna et al. 2007 X (Reeve) Nassaria acuminata Pati & Sharma, 2012 X (Reeve, 1844) Nassaria suturalis A. Adams 10 Soni & Thakur, 2015 Nassaria nivea (Gmelin) Nassaria pusilla Pinn, 1990 Nassaria nivea (Gmelin) (Röding, 1798) Rao et al. 1991 X X X Nassaria pusilla Roeding Rao & Dey, 2000 X Nassaria pusilla (Röding, 1798) Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 X Nassaria pusilla Rao, 2003 X X X (Roeding, 1798) Nassaria pusilla Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Roeding, 1798 Nassaria nivea (Gmelin) 11 Ramakrishna et al. 2007 Nassarius pusilla Roeding Ramakrishna et al. 2007 Nassaria pusilla Samuel, 2016 X X X Nassaria laevier Smith Nassaria laevior Rao & Dey, 2000 X Nassaria laevior Smith, E.A. Smith, 1899 Venkataraman et al. 2004 X 1899 Rajasekaran et al. 2013 X Nassaria coromandelica Nassaria coromandelica Smith, 1894 X Nassaria coromandelica E.A. Smith, 1899 Smith, 1899 X Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 X Nassaria laevior 12 Nassaria coromandelica Smith, 1894 Nassaria coromandalica Rao, 2003 Bay of Bengal (E.A. Smith, 1894) Nassaria coromandelica Ramakrishna et al. 2007 X E.A. Smith Nassaria coromandelica Rajasekaran et al. 2013 X Nassaria coromandelica Samuel, 2016 X J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 13 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) Subfamily: BULLIINAE Allmon, 1990 13 Bullia lineolata (Wood) Bullia tranquebarica Abercrombei, 1893 X Bullia belangeri (Keiner) (Röding, 1798) Melvill & Abercrombei, X 1893 Bullia (Dorsanum) belangeri, Melvill & Standen, 1898 X Bullia tranquebarica (Röding) Crichton, 1942 X Bullia tranquebarica (Roeding) Namboodri & Sivadas, Kein. X 1980 Bullia lineolata Wood Parulekar, 1981 Bullia belangeri, Keiner Pinn, 1990 Bullia tranquebarica Rao & Rao, 1991 X X X (Roeding) Bullia (Bullia) tranquebarica Rao et al. 1991 X (Roeding) Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 Bullia tranquebarica X (Röding, 1798) Bullia (Bullia) tranquebarica Rao, 2003 X X X X X (Roeding, 1798) Ramakrishna et al. 2007 Bullia tranquebarica X (Roeding) Bullia (Dorsanum) tranquebarica Pati & Sharma, 2012 X (Röding, 1798) Bullia tranquebarica Rajasekaran et al. 2013 X Bullia belangeri (Keiner, 1843) Sakthivel & Fernando, X 2014 14 15 Bullia mauritiana, (Gray) Bullia mauritiana Gray, Melvill & Abercrombei, 1839 1893 Bullia mauritiana Gray, 1839 Pati & Sharma, 2012 Bullia mauritiana, Gray 1839 David, 2013 Bullia malabarica, Henley Bullia melanoides Melvill & Abercrombei, (Deshayes, 1832) 1893 X X X X Bullia melanoides (Deshayes) Satyamurti, 1952 X Bullia melanoides (Deshayes, Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 X 1832) Bullia (Bullia) melanoides Rao, 2003 X X X X (Deshayes, 1832) Bullia melanoides (Deshayes) Apte, 2004 Bullia (Bullia) melanoides Rao & Sastry, 2005 X X (Deshayes) 14 Bullia melanoides (Deshayes) Ramakrishna et al. 2007 Bullia melanoidea Haragi & Naik, 2012 Bullia malabarica Hanley Pati & Sharma, 2012 X X X J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 16 Bullia (Dorsanum) vittata, L Bullia vittata (Linnaeus, Melvill & Sykes, 1897 Bullia (Dorsanum) vittata, L 1767) Melvill & Standen, 1898 Bullia vittata (L.) X X Crichton, 1942 Bullia vittata (Linne) Pinn, 1990 Bullia (Dorsanum) vittata Rao et al. 1991 X X X (Linnaeus) Bullia vittata (Linnaeus) Rao & Dey, 2000 Bullia vittata (Linné, 1758) Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 X X Bullia (Dorsanum) vittata Rao, 2003 X X X X X (Linnaeus, 1767) 17 18 Bullia vittata (Linnaeus, 1758) Venkataraman et al. 2004 Bullia vittata (Linnaeus) Ramakrishna et al. 2007 X X Bullia vittata (Linnaeus, 1767) Mohapatra, 2009 X Bullia vittata (Linnaeus, 1767) Pati et al. 2009 Bullia vitata Thilagavathi et al. 2013 Bullia vittata Haragi & Naik, 2012 Bullia vittata Venkataraman et al. 2012 Bullia vittata (Linnaeus, 1767) Pati & Sharma, 2012 X X X X X Bullia vittata Rajasekaran et al. 2013 X Bullia vittata (Linnaeus, 1758) Sakthivel & Fernando, 2014 X Bullia vittata (Linnaeus, 1767) Darwin & Padmavathi, 2017 X Melvill & Standen, 1898 X Melvill & Standen, 1898 X Bullia livida Crichton, 1942 X Bullia (Leiodomus) livida Rao et al. 1991 Bullia (Dorsanum) cumingiana, Bullia cumingiana Dunker, Dkr. 1857 Bullia (Dorsanum) livida, Rv. Bullia livida Reeve, 1846 X Reeve Bullia livida (Reeve) 19 Bullia granulose Ramakrishna et al. 2007 Naytia granulosa Haragi & Naik, 2012 X X (Lamarck, 1822) Subfamily: ANENTOMINAE Strong, Galindo & Kantor, 2016 20 Clea bockii Brot Clea bockii Brot, 1881 Clea bocki Brot 21 Clea annensleyi Benson, Nassodonta annensleyi 1861 Benson, 1861 Nassodonta gravely Preston, Rao, 2003 X Ramakrishna et al. 2007 X Benson, 1861 X Preston, 1916b X 1916 22 Nassodonta insignis, H. Ad. Nassodonta insignis H. Preston, 1916b X Nassarius (Nassodonta) insignis Adams, 1867 Cernohorsky, 1984 X X (H. Adams, 1867) J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 15 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) Subfamily: NASSARIINAE Iredale, 1916 (1835) 23 Nassa (Arcularia) callospira, Nassarius callospira A. Ad. (A. Adams 1852) Nassa (Arcularia) callospira, Smith, 1878 X G. & H. Nevill, 1874 X Cernohorsky, 1984 X A. Adams [?juv. ? n. sp.] Nassarius (Plicarcularia) callospira (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius (Plicarcularia) Rao et al. 1991 X callospira (A. Adams) Nassarius (Plicarcularia) Rao & Dey, 2000 X callospira (A. Adams) Nassarius (Plicarcularia) Venkataraman et al. 2004 X callospira (A. Adams, 1852) 24 Nassa (Telasco) stoliczkana, Nassarius nodifer n. sp. (Powys, 1835) Nassarius nodifera (Powis) G. & H. Nevill, 1874 X Abercrombei, 1893 X X Nassa (Uzita) nodifera (Powis) Melvill & Abercrombie, 1893 Nassa (Alectrion) nodifera, Powis Melvill & Sykes, 1897 X Nassarius (Niotha) nodifera Venkataraman et al. 2004 X X (Powis, 1835) Nassarius nodifera Powis Rao et al. 1992 Nassarius (Niotha) nodifera Rao & Dey, 2000 X X (Powis) Nassarius (Niotha) nodifer Cernohorsky, 1984 X (Powys, 1835) Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 Nassarius nodiferus X (Powys, 1835) Nassarius (Niotha) nodiferus Rao, 2003 X X X (Powys, 1835) Nassarius (Niotha) nodifera Venkataraman et al. 2004 X X (Powis, 1835) Nassarius (Niotha) nodifera Rao & Sastry, 2005 X (Powis) Pati & Sharma, 2012 Nassarius nodifer X (Powys, 1835) 25 Nassarius nodifera Powis Soni & Thakur, 2015 Nassarius nodiferus Samuel, 2016 Nassa (Niotha) sinusigera, Nassarius sinusigerus, A. Ad. Var. Cernica (A. Adams 1852) X X G. & H. Nevill, 1874 X Nassa phoenicensis. sp. n. Preston, 1916a X Nassarius (Niotha) sinusigerus Cernohorsky, 1984 X X (A. Adams 1852) 16 Nassarius phoenicensis (Preston) Rao & Dey, 2000 X Nassarius phoenicensis (Preston) Venkataraman et al. 2004 X J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 26 Nassa (Hima) sistroidea, n. sp. Nassarius subspinosus, G. & H. Nevill, 1874 X Nassa (Hima) sistroidea, (Lamarck 1822) Smith, 1878 X G. & H. Nevill Nassa (Hebra) sistroidea, Nevill. Melvill & Sykes, 1896 X Nassa (Hebra) subspinosa Lam. Melvill & Sykes, 1897 X Nassa sistroidea, Preston, 1914 X Annandale & Kemp, 1916 X Annandale, 1924 X G. & H. Nevill Nassa sistroidea, G. & H. Nevill Nassa sistroidea, G. & H. Nevill Hebra subspinosa (Lamarck) Rao & Dey, 2000 X Hebra subspinosa Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (Lamarck, 1822) Nassarius (Hebra) subspinosus Lamarck 27 Nassa obesa, n. sp. Nassarius obesus (G. G. & H. Nevill, 1875 Nassa ceylonica Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875) Desai, 1971 Cernohorsky, 1984 Nassarius (Niotha) obesus X X X (G. & H. Nevill, 1875) Nassarius obesus (G. Nevill & Pati & Sharma, 2012 X H. Nevill, 1875) 28 Nassa persica, v. Mart Nassarius persicus G. & H. Nevill, 1875 X (Martens, 1874) 29 Nassa albescens, Dunker Nassarius albescens Smith, 1878 X Nassa (Niotha) albescens, (A. Adams, 1852) Melvill & Sykes, 1896 X Cernohorsky, 1984 X Rao & Dey, 2000 X Dunker Nassarius (Niotha) albescens albescens (Dunker, 1846) Nassarius (Niotha) albescens albescens (Dunker) Nassarius (Niotha) albescens Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Venkataraman & X X albescens (Dunker, 1846) Nassarius albescens Venkataraman, 2012 Nassarius albescens 30 Venkataraman et al. 2012 Nassa gemmulifera, A. Adams Nassarius gemmuliferus Nassarius gemmulifera (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius (Niotha) albescens X Smith, 1878 Raut et al. 2005 X X Cernohorsky, 1984 X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Rao, 2003 X Smith, 1878 X Melvill & Sykes, 1896 X gemmuliferus (A. Adams 1852) Nassarius albescens gemmuliferus (A. Adams) Nassarius (Niotha) albescens gemmuliferus (A. Adams, 1852) 31 Nassa bifaria, Baird Nassa (Alectrion) bifaria, Baird. Nassarius bifarius (Baird, 1873) J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 17 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 32 Nassa (Arcularia) bimaculosa, Nassarius bimaculosus A. Ad. (A. Adams 1852) Smith, 1878 X Melvill & Sykes, 1897 X Nassarius bimaculosa Adams Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Nassarius (Plicarcularia) Cernohorsky, 1984 X Smith, 1878 X Melvill & Sykes, 1896 X Smith, 1878 X Melvill & Sykes, 1896 X Nassa (Arcularia) bimaculosa, A. Ad. bimaculosus (A. Adams, 1852) 33 Nassa elegans, Keiner Nassarius crassiusculus (Nyst, 1845) Nassa (Alectrion) elegans Kein. 34 Nassa monile, Keiner Nassarius distortus (A. Adams, 1852) Nassa (Alectrion) monilis, Kein. Nassa (Alectryon) monile, Melvill & Standen, 1898 X Kein. Nassarius distortus Apte et al. 2012 Nassarius (Niotha) distortus Cernohorsky, 1984 X X (A. Adams, 1852) Mookherjee & Barua, 1989 Nassarius (Niotha) distortus X (A. Adams) Nassarius (Niotha) distortus Rao & Dey, 2000 X (A. Adams) Nassarius (Niotha) distortus Rao, 2003 X (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius distortus A. Adams, David, 2013 X 1852 Nassarius (Niotha) distortus Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (A. Adams, 1852) 35 36 Nassarius sp. Prabhakaran, 2008 Nassarius distortus Vaghela, 2010 Nassarius distortus Susan et al. 2012 Nassarius distortus Vadher et al. 2014 Nassa (Niotha) eucomista Nassarius crematus n. sp. (Hinds, 1844) Nassa crenulata, Bruguière Nassarius crenulatus, X X X X Melvill & Sykes, 1896 X Smith, 1878 X Melvill & Sykes, 1897 X Bruguière 1792 Nassa (Alectrion) crenulata, Reeve (an Bruguière?) 18 J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 37 Nassa echinata, A. Adams Nassarius echinatus, Smith, 1878 X Cernohorsky, 1984 X (A. Adams 1852) Nassarius (Niotha) echinatus (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius (Niotha) echinatus Rao & Rao, 1991 X (A. Adams) Nassarius (Niotha) echinatus Rao & Dey, 2000 X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Smith, 1878 X Nassa (Arcularia) globosa, Quoy. Melvill & Sykes, 1896 X Nassa (Arcularia) globosa, Quoy. Preston, H.B., 1916a X Nassarius (Plicarcularia) Cernohorsky, 1984 X Rao & Dey, 2000 X Rao, 2003 X (A. Adams) Nassarius (Niotha) echinatus X (A. Adams, 1852) 38 Nassa (Arcularia) globosa, Quoy Nassarius globosus (Quoy and Gaimard & Gaimard, 1833) globosus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Nassarius (Plicarcularia) globosus (Quoy and Gaimard) Nassarius (Niotha) globosus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Nassarius (Plicarcularia) Venkataraman et al. 2004 X globosus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Nassarius globossus Quoy & Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Gaimard Nassarius (Plicaricularia) Ramakrishna et al. 2007 X globosus (Quoy & Gaimard) 39 Nassa lurida, Gould Nassarius graphiterus Smith, 1878 X Nassa (Zeuxis) lurida, Gould (Hombron & Jacquinot, Melvill & Sykes, 1897 X Nassarius (Telasco) luridus 1848) Cernohorsky, 1984 X X (Gould, 1850) Nassarius (Telasco) luridus Rao & Dey, 2000 X Rao, 2003 X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (Gould) Nassarius (Niotha) luridus (Gould, 1849) Nassarius (Telasco) luridus (Gould, 1849) Nassarius luridus Venkataraman & X Venkataraman, 2012 Nassarius luridus J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 Venkataraman et al. 2012 X 19 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 40 41 42 43 Nassa (Arcularia) granifera, Smith, 1878 X Keiner (Kiener, 1834) Nassarius (Plicarcularia) granifer Nassarius graniferus Cernohorsky, 1984 X (Kiener, 1834) N. (Plicarcularia) graniferous Rao & Rao, 1991 (Kiener) Nassarius (Plicarcularia) Rao, 2003 X graniferus (Kiener, 1834) Nassarius (Plicarularia) Venkataraman et al. 2004 X X graniferous (Kiener) Nassa horrida, Dunker Nassarius horridus Smith, 1878 Nassa (Hebra) horrida, Dunker (Dunker, 1847) Melvill & Sykes, 1897 Cernohorsky, 1984 Hebra horridus (Dunker) Rao & Rao, 1991 Hebra horrida Dunker Rao & Dey, 2000 Hebra horridus (Dunker, 1847) Rao, 2003 X Hebra horrida Dunker, 1847 Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Nassarius (Hebra) horridus X X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X X X (Dunker) Nassa margaritifera, Dunker Nassarius margaritifer Smith, 1878 X Nassa (Niotha) margaritifera, (Dunker, 1847) Melvill & Sykes, 1896 X Dunker Nassarius (Zeuxis) margaritifer Cernohorsky, 1984 X (Dunker, 1847) Nassarius (Zeuxis) Rao & Dey, 2000 X X margaritiferus (Dunker) Nassa marratii, Smith Nassarius marratii Smith, 1878 Nassa (Zeuxis) marratii, Smith (E.A. Smith, 1876) Melvill & Sykes, 1896 X Annandale & Kemp, 1916 Nassa marratii Smith 20 X Hebra horrida (Dunker, 1847) Nassa marratii, Smith 44 X X Annandale, 1924 Nassa taenia, Gmelin Nassarius olivaceus Smith, 1878 Nassarius (Zeuxis) olivaceus (Bruguière, 1789) Cernohorsky, 1984 X X X (Bruguière, 1789) Nassarius olivaceus, Brugiere Pinn, 1990 Nassarius (Zeuxis) olivaceus Rao & Dey, 2000 (Bruguiere) Nassarius olivaceus Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 X (Bruguière, 1792) Nassarius (Zeuxis) olivaceus Rao, 2003 X (Bruguiere, 1798) Nassarius (Zeuxis) olivaceus Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (Bruguiere, 1789) Nassarius (Zeuxis) olivaceus Ramakrishna et al. 2007 X X X X X X (Bruguiere) Nassarius olivacea Vaghela, 2010 Nassarius olivaceins Bruguier Khade & Mane, 2012 X Nassarius olivaceus Pati & Sharma, 2012 X (Bruguiere, 1789) Nassarius olivacea Apte et al. 2012 X Nassa olivacea Shivakumar & Naik, 2012 Nassarius olivacea Parasharya, 2012 X X X Nassarius olivacea Vadher et al. 2014 X N. olivacea Bruguiere Soni & Thakur, 2015 X Nassarius olivaceus Samuel, 2016 X J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 45 Nassa stigmaria, A. Adams Nassa (Niotha) stigmaria, A. Ad. Nassarius stigmarius (A. Adams, 1852) Smith, 1878 X Melvill & Sykes, 1896 X Nassa (Niotha) stigmaria A. Ad. Melvill & Standen, 1898 Nassarius (Niotha) stigmarius (A. Adams) Nassarius stigmaria A. Adams Rao & Rao, 1991 Rao & Dey, 2000 X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X 46 Nassarius stigmaria A. Adams, 1851 Nassa (Telasco) filosa (Gray) 47 Nassa (Telasco) filosa var. picta (Dunker) Nassa (Telasco) mucronata (Ad.) 48 Nassa (Alectryon) mucronata A. Ad. Nassarius (Telasco) gaudiosus (Hinds) Nassarius (Telasco) gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844) Nassarius mucronata (A. Adams) Nassarius gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844) Nassarius (Arcularia) thersites, (Brug.) Nassa thersites (Bruguière) X X Nassarius filosus (Reeve, 1853) Melvill & Abercrombie, 1893 X Melvill & Abercrombie, 1893 X Nassarius gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844) Melvill & Abercrombie, 1893 X Melvill & Standen, 1898 X X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X X Melvill & Abercrombie, 1893 X Satyamurti, 1952 Nassa thersites (Bruguière) Menon et al. 1961 Cernohorsky, 1984 Nassarius (Plicarcularia) pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) Nassarius pullus (Linnaeus) X Pati & Sharma, 2012 Nassarius (Plicarcularia) pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) Nassarius pullus (Linne.) Nassarius (Plicarcularia) pullus (Linnaeus) Nassarius (Plicarcularia) pullus (Linnaeus) Nassarius pullus (Linnè, 1758) X Rao & Dey, 2000 Rao & Sastry, 2005 Nassarius pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) X X X X Pinn, 1990 X Rao et al. 1991 X Rao & Dey, 2000 X Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 X Rao, 2003 X X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Nassarius (Plicarularia) pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) Nassarius pullus Linnaeus Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Nassarius thersites (Bruguière) Apte, 2004 Nassarius (Plicaricularia) pullus (Linnaeus) Nassarius (Plicarcularia) pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) Nassarius pullus Ramakrishna et al. 2007 X Mohapatra, 2009 X Nassarius pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) Nassarius pullus Rao & Sastry, 2005 Sakkaravarthi et al. 2012 Pati & Sharma, 2012 X X X X X Nassarius pullus Satheesh Kumar & Khan, 2012 Apte et al. 2012 X Nassarius thersites Shaikh & Bhalerao, 2012 X Nassarius pullus Nassarius pullus Satheesh Kumar & Khan, 2013 Samuel, 2016 X Nassa thersites Samuel, 2016 X J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 X X 21 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 49 Nassa (Arcularia) lentiginosa, (A.Ad.) Nassarius reeveanus (Dunker, 1847) Nassa (Zeuxis) lentiginosa A. Ad. Melvill & Sykes, 1897 Nassarius reeveanus (Dunker, 1847) Pati & Sharma, 2012 Subburaman et al. 2014 Nassarius reeveanus 50 Nassarius ornata (Keiner) Nassarius (Uzita) ornata (Keiner) 22 Melvill & Abercrombie, 1893 Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin, 1791) X X X X Abercrombei, 1893 X Melvill & Abercrombie, 1893 X Nassa (Hima) stolata Gm. Melvill & Standen, 1898 Nassarius ornatus Kinner Parulekar, 1981 X Nassarius (Niotha) stolatus (Gmelin, 1791) Cernohorsky, 1984 X Nassa stolata (Gmelin) Thivakaran & Kasinathan, 1987 Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin) Pinn, 1990 Nassarius (Hima) stolatus (Gmelin) Rao et al. 1991 Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin) Rao et al. 1992 Nassarius (Hima) stolatus (Gmelin) Mohapatra, 2001 Nassarius ornatus Quadros, 2001 Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin, 1791) Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 Nassarius (Hima) stolatus (Gmelin, 1791) Rao, 2003 Nassarius stolatus Raut et al. 2005 Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin) Rao & Sastry, 2005 Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin, 1791) Dey, 2006 Nassaria stolata Sanjeeva Raj, 2006 Nassarius (Niotha) stolatus (Gmelin) Ramakrishna et al. 2007 Nassnrirts stolatus (Gmelin) Roy et al. 2008 Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin) Dey, 2008 Nassarius (Hima) stolatus (Gmelin, 1791) Mohapatra, 2009 X X X X X X X X X X X X X Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin, 1791) Pati & Sharma, 2012 Nassarius stolatus Satheesh Kumar & Khan, 2012 Nassarius stolatus Apte et al. 2012 X Nassarius ornatus Apte et al. 2012 X Nassarius stolatus Satheesh Kumar & Khan, 2013 Prajapati & Dharaiya, 2014 Nassarius (Niotha) stolatus (Gmelin) Gurumayum, 2015 Nassarius ornata Keiner Soni & Thakur, 2015 Nassarius stolatus Samuel, 2016 Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin, 1791) Baxi et al. 2017 Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin, 1791) Kantharajan et al. 2017 X X X Nassarius stolatus X X Sakkarvarthi et al. 2012 Paul et al. 2014 X X Sakkarvarthi et al. 2012 Sakthivel & Fernando, 2014 X X Nassa stolatus Nassarius stolatus Gmelin X X Nassarius stolatus Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin, 1791) X X X X X X X X X X X X J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Valid Name References Nassa arcularia L. Nassarius arcularia Melvill & Sykes, 1897 Nassarius arcularius (Linnaeus, 1758) Appukuttan et al. 1989 Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 51 Nassarius arcularia arcularia X X Cernohorsky, 1984 X Rao & Dey, 2000 X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (Linnaeus, 1758) Nassarius arcularia arcularia (Linnaeus) Nassarius arcularis arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758) Nassarius arcularia arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758) Nassarius (Nassarius) Venkataraman et al. 2004 X auricularius (Linnaeus, 1758) Nassarius arcularia arcularia Pati & Sharma 2012 X (Linnaeus, 1758) 52 Nassarius arcularius plicatus Nassarius arcularia (Roeding) plicatus (Röding, 1798) Nassarius arcularis plicatus Rao & Dey, 2000 X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Ravichandran et al. 2009 X (Roeding, 1798) Nassarius arcularius plicata Anbuchezhian et al. 2009 Nassa hepatica 53 Nassa (Arcularia) immersa Carp. Nassarius camelus Melvill & Sykes, 1897 Nassarius (Arcularia) camelus v. (Martens, 1897) Cernohorsky, 1984 X X X X Martens, 1897) Nassarius (Plicarcularia) camelus Rao & Dey, 2000 X (V Martens) Nassarius (Plicarcularia) cemelus Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (V. Martens, 1897) 54 Nassa (Hima) concinna Powis Nassarius concinnus Melvill & Sykes, 1897 X (Powys, 1835) 55 56 Nassarius (Zeuxis) Nassarius pseudoconcinnus pseudoconcinnus (E.A. Smith, 1895) (E.A. Smith, 1895) Nassa coronata L. Nassarius coronatus Melvill and Sykes, 1897 X Nassarius coronatus (Bruguière, 1789) Cernohorsky, 1984 X Nassarius coronatus (Bruguiere) Rao & Dey, 2000 X Nassarius (Nassarius) coronatus Rao, 2003 X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Cernohorsky, 1984 X Bay of Bengal (Bruguière, 1789) (Bruguiere, 1789) Nassarius coronatus (Bruguiere, 1789) Nassarius coronatus 57 Nassa (Niotha) fenestrata Marrat Sakkaravarthi et al.2012 Nassarius fenistratus Melvill & Sykes, 1897 X X (Marrat, 1877) J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 23 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 58 Nassa (Arcularia) callosa Nassarius fraudulentus A. Ad. (Marrat, 1877) Melvill & Sykes, 1897 X Melvill & Standen, 1898 Nassa (Arcularia) callosa, X A. Ad. 59 Nassa (Niotha) livescens Phil. Nassarius livescens Melvill & Sykes, 1897 Nassa (Niotha) livescens Phil. (Philippi, 1849) Preston, H.B., 1916a Nassarius (Niotha) livescens X X Rao et al. 1991 X (Philippi) Nassarius (Niotha) livescens Rao & Dey, 2000 X (Philippi) Nassarius (Niotha) livescens Rao, 2003 X X X X (Philippi, 1840) Nassarius (Niotha) livescense Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Nassarius livescence (Phillippi) Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Nassarius (Niotha) livescens Ramakrishna et al. 2007 X (Philippi, 1849) X (Philippi) Pati & Sharma 2012 Nassarius livescens X (Philippi, 1849) Nassarius livescens (Phillippi) Rajasekaran et al. 2013 Nassarius livescens (Philippi, Baxi et al. 2017 X X 1849) 60 Nassa (Niotha) venusta, Dunker Nassarius venustus Melvill & Sykes, 1897 X Nassarius (Niotha) venustus (Dunker, 1847) Cernohorsky, 1984 X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (Dunker, 1847) Nassarius (Niotha) venusta (Dunker) 61 Nassa (Arcularia) labecula Tritia burchardi (Dunker, A. Ad. 1849) Melvill & Standen, 1898 X Nassa labecula A. Ads. Preston, 1914 X Nassa labecula A. Ads. Annandale & Kemp, 1916 X Nassa Eione labecula Annandale, 1924 X A. Adams 62 Nassa (Zeuxis) canaliculata Lm. Nassarius siquijorensis Melvill & Standen, 1898 Nassarius (Zeuxis) siquijorensis (A. Adams, 1852) Cernohorsky, 1984 X X X (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius siquijorensis Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 X (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius canaliculata Vaghela, 2010 Nassarius (Zeuxis) canaliculata Pati & Sharma 2012 X X Schepman 24 Nassarius canaliculata Vadher et al. 2014 Nassarius siquijorensis Samuel, 2016 X X J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 63 Nassa (Arcularia) glans A. Ad. Nassarius glans Melvill & Standen, 1898 X Nassa suturalis (Lamarck) (Linnaeus, 1758) Satyamurti, 1952 X Nassarius (Alectrion) glans glans Cernohorsky, 1984 India (Linnaeus, 1758) Mookherjee & Barua, 1989 Nassarius (Alectrion) glans glans X (Linnaeus) 64 65 Nassarius glans (Linné., 1758) Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 X Nassa suturalis (Lamarck) Apte, 2004 X Nassa suturalis Samuel, 2016 X Nassarius glans Samuel, 2016 X Nassarius glans particeps Nassarius glans particeps (Hedley, 1915) (Hedley, 1915) Nassa (Arcularia) leptospira, Nassarius leptospirus A. Ad. (A. Adams, 1852) Pati & Sharma, 2012 X Melvill & Standen, 1898 X Nassarius leptospira (A. Adams) Winckworth, 1931 X Nassarius (Plicarcularia) Cernohorsky, 1984 Off Tranquebar Melvill & Standen, 1898 X Melvill & Standen, 1898 X X leptospirus (A. Adams, 1852) 66 Nassa (Hima) plebecula A. Gd. Reticunassa plebecula (Gould, 1860) 67 68 Nassa (Alectryon) scalaris Nassarius scalaris A. Ad. (A. Adams, 1852) Nassa (Niotha) splendidula Dunk. Nassarius splendidulus Melvill & Standen, 1898 Nassa (Niotha) splendidulus (Dunker, 1846) Cernohorsky, 1984 X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (Dunker, 1846) Nassarius (Niotha) solendidulus (Dunker) 69 Nassa orissaensis sp. n. Nassarius orissaensis Preston, 1914 Nassa orissaensis var. (Preston, 1914) Preston, 1915 X X ennurensis, Preston Nassa orissaensis var. Preston, 1916b X ennurensis, var. n. Nassa orissaensis, Preston, 1914 Annandale & Kemp, 1916 Nassa orissaensis, Preston Annandale & Prashad, 1919 X X Nassa orissaensis var. Annandale & Prashad, 1919 X depauperata var. n. Pygmaeonassa orissaensis, Annandale, 1924 X Preston gen. nov. Pygmaeonassa orissaensis Panikkar & Aiyar, 1937 X Cernohorsky, 1984 X (Preston) Nassarius (Pygmaeonassa) X X orissaensis (Preston, 1914) Nassarius (Pygmaeonassa) Rao et al. 1991 X orissaensis (Preston) Nassarius ennurensis Rao et al. 1992 Nassarius orissaensis Preston Rao et al. 1992 X Nassarius orissaensis (Preston) Dey, 2008 X J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 X 25 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 70 Nassa denegabilis n. sp. Nassarius subconstrictus Preston, 1914 X Nassa denegabilis, Preston (G.B. Sowerby III, 1899) Preston, 1915 X Nassa denegabilis, Preston Preston, 1916b Nassa denegabilis, Preston, 1914 Annandale & Kemp, 1916 Nassa denegabilis, Preston Annandale & Prashad, 1919 Pygmaeonassa denegabilis Annandale, 1924 X X X X X Preston Pygtrueonassa denegabilis Winckworth, 1931 X (Preston) Nassarius (Pygmaeonassa) Cernohorsky, 1984 X X X X subconstrictus (Sowerby, 1899) Nassarius (Aciculina) Rao et al. 1991 X subconstrictus (Sowerby) Nassarius subconstrictus Rao et al. 1992 X Sowerby Nassarius subconstrictus Rao & Dey, 2000 X (Sowerby) Nassarius subconstrictus Rao, 2003 X X X (Sowerby, 1899) Nassarius subconstrictus Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (Sowerby, 1899) 71 Nassarius jacksonianus Nassarius jacksonianus (Q. & G.) (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Nassarius jacksoniana Winckworth, 1931 Satyamurthi, 1952 X (Quoy & Gaimard) Nassarius (Niotha) jacksonianus Cernohorsky, 1984 X X X X X (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Nassarius (Niotha) jacksonianus Rao et al. 1991 X (Quoy & Gaimard) Nassarius (Niotha) jacksonianus Rao, 2003 X X X X (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Nassarius jacksoniana Apte, 2004 X Nassa jacksoniana Ravichandran et al. 2009 X Nassa jacksoniana Anbuchezhian et al. 2009 X Nassa jacksoniana Thilagavathi et al. 2013 Nassarius jacksonianus Pati & Sharma, 2012 X Khade & Mane, 2012 X (Quoy & Gaimard) X (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Nassarius jacsonianus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 72 Nassarius jacksonianus Sakthivel & Fernando, 2014 X Nassa jacksoniana Samuel, 2016 X Nassa kempi sp. n. Nassarius agapetus Preston, 1916a X Nassarius (Niotha) agapetus (Watson, 1882) Cernohorsky, 1984 X Nassarius kempi Preston Rao & Dey, 2000 X Nassarius kempi Preston, 1908 Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (Watson, 1882) 26 J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 73 74 Nassa (Arcularia) cancellata Nassarius jonasii Dunker, Adams 1846 Nassa (Hima) tindalli Melvill Nassarius (Zeuxis) frederici Nassarius frederici (Melvill & Standen, 1901) Preston, 1916a X Preston, 1916a X Cernohorsky, 1984 X (Melvill & Standen, 1901) 75 Nassa Alectryon unicolor Nassarius unicolor Hombron & Jacquinot (Hombron & Jacquinot, Nassa pallidula Adams 1848) Preston, 1916a X Satyamurti, 1952 X Cernohorsky, 1984 Nassarius (Zeuxis) micans India (A. Adams, 1852) Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 X Nassarius pallidula Adams Apte, 2004 X Nassa pallidula Samuel, 2016 X Nassarius micans Samuel, 2016 X Nassarius micans (A. Adams, 1852) 76 Nassa kieneri Desh. Nassarius bourbonensis Preston, 1916b X Kool, 2015 77 Nassa costata Adams Nassarius costata Adams 78 Nassarius gemmulatus Nassarius (Niotha) conoidalis Nassarius labiatus (A. Adams, 1853) Nassarius conoidalis (Deshayes, 1832) Satyamurti, 1952 X Apte, 2004 X Appukuttan et al. 1989 X Cernohorsky, 1984 X X X (Deshayes in Belanger, 1832) Nassarius variegatus A. Adams Pinn, 1990 Nassarius (Niotha) variegatus Rao et al. 1991 X X (A. Adams) Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 Nassarius conoidalis (Deshayes X in Belager, 1832) Nassarius conoidalis (Deshayes Rao, 2003 X X X X X in Belager, 1832) Nassarius gemmulatus Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Nassarius variegates Ganesh & Raman, 2007 Nassarius clathratus Prabhakaran, 2008 Nassarius variegates Thilagavathi et al. 2013 X Nassarius variegates Sakthivel & Fernando, 2014 X Samuel, 2016 X X X X X (A. Adams, 1853) Nassarius conoidalis 79 Nassarius fidus Nassarius fidus Nassarius fidus (Reeve, 1853) J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 Appukuttan et al. 1989 Venkataraman et al. 2004 X X X 27 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 80 Nassarius (Zeuxis) foveolatus Nassarius foveolatus (Dunker, 1847) (Dunker, 1847) Nassarius (Zeuxis) foveolatus Cernohorsky, 1984 X Rao et al. 1991 X (Reeve) Nassarius (Zeuxis) foveolatus Mohapatra, 2001 X (Dunker) Nassarius (Zeuxis) foveolatus Rao, 2003 X X X X X (Reeve, 1853) Nassarius foveolatus Raut et al. 2005 Nassarius planicostata Rao & Sastry, 2005 X X (A. Adams) Nassarius foveolatus Dey, 2006 X (Reeve, 1853) Nassarius (Zeuxis) foveolatus Ramakrishna et al. 2007 X (Dunker) Nassarius foveolata (Reeve) Roy et al. 2008 X Nassarius foveolatus (Reeve) Dey, 2008 X Nassarius (Zeuxis) foveolatus Mohapatra, 2009 X (Reeve, 1847) Nassarius foveolatus Pati & Sharma, 2012 X (Dunker, 1847) Nassarius faveolaus Reeve Paul et al. 2014 Nassarius foveolatus Kantharajan et al. 2017 X X X (Dunker, 1847) 81 Nassarius (Zeuxis) acuminatus Nassarius acuminatus (Marrat, 1880) (Marrat, 1880) Nassarius acuminate 82 Cernohorsky, 1984 Bay of Bengal Ganesh & Raman, 2007 Nassarius nivea Nassarius niveus Ganesh & Raman, 2007 Nassarius nivea (A. Adams, 1852) Mohan et al. 2013 X Sakthivel & Fernando, 2014 X Nassarius nivea (A. Adams, X X X X 1852) 83 Nassarius hepatica (Montagu) Nassarius hepaticus Satyamurti, 1952 Nassarius hepatica (Montagu) (Pulteney, 1799) Menon et al. 1961 Nassarius hepatica (Montagu) Pinn, 1990 Nassarius hepaticus Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 X X X X (Pulteney, 1799) 84 Nassa hepatica (Montagu) Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Nassa hepatica (Montagu) Rao & Sastry, 2005 X Nassarius hepatica Ravichandran et al. 2009 X Nassa hepatica Anbuchezhian et al. 2009 X Nassarius hepatica Samuel, 2016 X Nassarius (Alectrion) papillosus Nassarius papillosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Linnaeus, 1758) Nassarius (Alectrion) papillosus Cernohorsky, 1984 X Rao & Rao, 1991 X (Linnaeus) Nassarius (Alectrion) papillosus Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (Linnaeus) Nassarius papillosus 28 Mohanraj et al. 2010 X J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 85 Nassarius scabra May be Littoraria scabra Thilagavathi et al. 2013 X (Linnaeus, 1758) 86 Nassarius (Zeuxis) pictus Nassarius sufflatus (Gould, Rao & Dey, 2000 (Dunker) 1860) Nassarius (Zeuxis) pictus X X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (Dunker, 1846) Nassarius pictus Dunker Pati & Sharma, 2012 X Nassarius pictus Apte et al. 2012 X Nassarius pictus Subburaman et al. 2014 Nassarius stolatus Kantharajan et al. 2017 X X (Gmelin, 1791) 87 Alectrion unicolorata, Kiener Nassarius dorsatus Preston, 1916b Nassarius (Zeuxis) dorsatus (Röding, 1798) Rao et al. 1991 X X (Roeding) Nassarius (Zeuxis) dorsatus Rao & Dey, 2000 X (Roeding) Nassarius dorsatus Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 X Rao, 2003 X (Röding, 1798) Nassarius (Zeuxis) dorsatus X (Roeding, 1798) Nassarius (Zeuxis) dorsatus Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (Roeding, 1798) Nassarius (Zeuxis) dorsatus Ramakrishna et al. 2007 X (Roeding) Nassarius dorsatus (Rӧding, Pati & Sharma, 2012 X 1798) Nassa dorsata Mohan et al. 2013 X Nassarius dorsata Mohan et al. 2013 X Nassarius dorsatus (Roding, Sakthivel & Fernando, 2014 X 1798) Nassarius dorsatus Samuel, 2016 Nassarius dorsatus Baxi et al. 2017 X X (Roding, 1798) 88 Nassarius mendicus Gould, 1850 Nassarius mendicus David, 2013 X (Gould, 1850) 89 90 91 Nassarius vibex (Say) Phrontis vibex Venkataraman et al. 2004 Nassarius vibex Say, 1822 (Say, 1822) David, 2013 Nassarius (Plicarcularia) bellulus Nassarius bellulus Cernohorsky, 1984 (A. Adams, 1852) (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius (Niotha) angriasensis Nassarius bellus sp. n. Melvill & Standen, 1901 (Marrat, 1877) Nassarius (Niotha) bellus (Marrat, X X X Melvill & Standen, 1901 Arabian Sea Cernohorsky, 1984 X X X X 1877) J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 29 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 X X 12 the original description of the species) 92 Nassarius (Niotha) Nassarius novaezelandiae novaezelandiae (Reeve, 1854) (Reeve, 1854) Cernohorsky, 1984 Nassarius novaezelandiae Reeve Pin, 1990 Nassarius (Plicarularia) Venkataraman et al. 2004 X X novaezelandiae (Reeve) Nassarius (Niotha) Nassarius deshayesianus deshayesianus (Issel, 1866) (Issel, 1866) 94 Nassarius (Niotha) festivus Reticunassa festiva (Powys, 1835) (Powys, 1835) 95 Nassarius (Niotha) ecstilbus Nassarius ecstilbus (Melvill & Standen, 1896) (Melvill & Standen, 1896) 93 Nassarius (Niotha) ecstilbus Cernohorsky, 1984 X Cernohorsky, 1984 X X Cernohorsky, 1984 X Rao & Rao, 1991 X (Melvill & Standen) Nassarius gerstenbrandti Rao & Dey, 2000 X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (Preston) Nassarius gerstenbrandti (Preston, 1908) Nassarius (Niotha) esctilbus Venkataraman et al. 2004 X X (Melvill and Standen) 96 Nassarius (Niotha) fretorum Nassarius fretorum (Melvill & Standen, 1899) (Melvill & Standen, 1899) Nasarius (Niotha) ariel (Preston) 97 Cernohorsky, 1984 X Rao et al. 1991 Nassarius (Zeuxis) crematus Nassarius crematus (Hinds, 1844) (Hinds, 1844) Nassarius (Zeuxis) crematus Cernohorsky, 1984 X X X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (Hinds) 98 99 Nassarius (Zeuxis) castus Nassarius castus (Gould, 1850) (Gould, 1850) Cernohorsky, 1984 X Nassarius maldivensis (Smith) Rao & Rao, 1991 Nassarius castus (Gould, 1850) Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 Nassarius maldivensis (Smith) Venkataraman et al. 2004 Nassarius castus Samuel, 2016 X Cernohorsky, 1984 X Nassarius (Zeuxis) comptus Nassarius comptus (A. Adams, 1852) (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius comptus (A. Adams, X X X X X X Pinn, 1990 X 1852) Nassarius (Zeuxis) comptus Rao et al. 1991 X (A. Adams) Nassarius (Zeuxis) comptus Rao & Dey, 2000 X (A. Adams) Nassarius comptus (A. Adams, Hylleberg & Kilburn, 2002 X 1852) Nassarius (Zeuxis) comptus Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius comptus 30 Samuel, 2016 X J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 100 101 Nassarius (Zeuxis) bicallosus Nassarius bicallosus (E.A. Smith, 1876) (E.A. Smith, 1876) Nassarius (Zeuxis) idyllius Nassarius idyllius (Melvill (Melvill & Standen, 1901) & Standen, 1901) Nassarius idyllius Melvill & Cernohorsky, 1984 X Cernohorsky, 1984 X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Cernohorsky, 1984 X Cernohorsky, 1984 X Standen 102 103 Nassarius (Zeuxis) crebricostatus Nassarius crebricostatus (Schepman, 1911) (Schepman, 1911) Nassarius (Zeuxis) disparalis Nassarius disparilis (E.A. Smith, 1903) (E.A. Smith, 1903) Nassarius disparalis (Smith) Rao & Rao, 1991 X Nassarius jucundus (Preston) Rao & Dey, 2000 X Nassarius dissparalis (Smith) Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Nassarius jucundus (Preston, Venkataraman et al. 2004 X 1908) 104 105 Nassarius (Profundinassa) Nassarius babylonicus babylonicus (Watson, 1882) (Watson, 1882) Nassarius (Aciculina) vittatus Nassarius vittatus (A. Adams, 1853) (A. Adams, 1853) Nassarius (Aciculina) vittatus Cernohorsky, 1984 Bay of Bengal Cernohorsky, 1984 X Rao et al. 1991 X X (A. Adams) Nassarius (Aciculina) vittatus Rao & Dey, 2000 X (A. Adams) Nassarius (Aciculina) vittatus Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (A. Adams, 1853) Nassarius vittatus (A. Adams) 106 Venkataraman et al, 2004 X Cernohorsky, 1984 X Nassarius tristis (Preston) Rao & Dey, 2000 X Nassarius moestus (Hinds) Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Nassarius (Aciculina) moestus Nassarius moestus (Hinds, 1844) (Hinds, 1844) Nassarius tristis (Preston, 1908) 107 Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Nassa fossae sp.n. Nassarius fossae Preston, 1915 X Nassarius (Pygmaeonassa) (Preston, 1915) Cernohorsky, 1984 X Nassarius fossae Preston Rao et al. 1992 X Nassarius (Aciculina) exilis Powis Nassarius exilis Rao & Dey, 2000 X (Powys, 1835) Venkataraman et al. 2004 X Nassarius (Gussonea) marguesa Metanachis marquesa Rao & Dey, 2000 X (Gaskoin) (Gaskoin, 1852) Venkataraman et al. 2004 X fossae (Preston, 1915) 108 Nassarius (Aciculina) exilis Powis, 1835 109 Nassarius (Gussonea) marguesa X (Gaskoin) J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 31 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Table 3: A comprehensive list of extant species within family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) recorded from India along with citations. [1. Gujarat. 2. Maharashtra. 3. Goa. 4. Karnataka. 5. Kerala. 6. Tamil Nadu. 7. Andhra Pradesh. 8. Odisha. 9. West Bengal. 10. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. Lakshadweep Islands. 12. Puducherry.] (contd) Sr. Name used on the inventory No. paper (may or may not be Valid Name References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 the original description of the species) 110 Nassarius (Zeuxis) vitiensis Nassarius vitiensis (Hambron & Jaquinot) (Hombron & Jacquinot, Nassarius (Zeuxis) vitiensis 1848) Rao & Dey, 2000 X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (Hambom and Jaquinot, 1853) 111 112 Nassarius (Niotha) nigellus Nassarius nigellus (Reeve, Venkataraman et al. 2004 (Reeve) 1854) Hebra corticata (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius niger (Hombron Nassarius (Hebra) nigra & Jacquinot, 1848) X Cernohorsky, 1984 X Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (Hombron & Jacquinot) 113 Nassarius nakayami (Habe) Nassarius nakayamai Venkataraman et al. 2004 X (Habe, 1958) 114 Nassarius gayii (Kiener, 1834) Nassarius gayii (Kiener, Pati & Sharma, 2012 X Pati & Sharma, 2012 X 1834) 115 116 Nassarius mobilis (Hedley & Nassarius mobilis (Hedley May, 1908) & May, 1908) Nassarius costatus May be Nassarius castus Samuel, 2016 X (Gould, 1850) 117 Ilyanassa obsolata Tritia obsoleta (Say, 1822) David, 2013 X Fig. 1: Number of Nassariid species described and/or recorded per year from India 32 J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Fig. 2: Genera-wise total number of species of the family Nassariidae reported from India Fig. 3: State-wise representation of the number of Nassariidae species reported from India catalogues) should be cited as expected in any methodological paper (Wägele et al. 2011). Lack of citations creates doubt as to the quality and reliability of the identification(s) and associated taxonomic information (Wägele et al. 2011). Even though there is an increase in the visibility of the family Nassariidae within the published data after 1980 (Fig. 1), no new Nassariid species have been described from India after 1915 (Table 2). On the other hand, the existence of cryptic diversity (Zou et al. 2012) within the family may J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 have caused underestimation of the total species number reported from India. The ecology and biology of this family is little known from Indian waters. A few publications directly focus on the biology and ecology of Nassariids. Thivakaran and Kasinathan (1987) studied morphology, anatomy, feeding behaviour, and sex ratio of Nassarius stolatus (Gmelin, 1791) from Vellar estuary, Tamil Nadu. Madhavi and Shameem (1991) have reported infections of larvae of the trematode Cercaria chilkaensis II in Nassarius orissaensis (Preston, 1914) from Chilika Lake, Odisha. Dave and Mankodi (2009) have reported speciesspecific association of an unidentified sea anemone with Nassarius olivaceus from Narara reef in the Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat but have incorrectly identified Nassarius hepaticus (Pulteney, 1799) as N. olivaceus (Bruguière, 1789). Gadhavi et al. (2013) reported Nassarius dorsatus feeding on carrion of Puffer Fish Takifugu oblongus Bloch, 1786 from Sikka, Jamnagar, Gujarat, which actually is Nassarius hepaticus and not N. dorsatus (Röding, 1798). Lastly the shells of Nassariids are often used in shell craft industries in India, due to their fascinating architecture and beautiful colour patterns. Ornamental products made out of these shells include drop earrings, necklaces, flower vases, jewellery boxes, decorative mirrors, lamp shades, wall and door hangings, chandeliers, and shell curtains. No scientific information exists on the magnitude and economics of the Nassariid shell craft industry. The shells are largely contributed by fishery by-catch. The considerable gap in the knowledge of Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) demands that thorough attention be paid to the study of the diversity and zoogeography of this 33 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Fig. 4: Species richness against the length of the coastline of all coastal states and Union Territories (b) (a) Fig. 5: (a) Quantitative representation of the types of literature in which Nassariid species have been recorded and (b) Quantitative representation of broad subject areas of primary literature in which Nassariid species have been reported from India group from India. The study should consider recollection of Nassariids from their type localities and also exploration of new locations for nassariid fauna in India, as cryptic diversity and zoogeography suggests that there is ample opportunity for new species discoveries within the group, along with several additional new localities for species known from India. 34 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We thank the anonymous reviewers for the insightful comments and suggestions that greatly improved this manuscript. We also thank Ms Maithreyi M.R. from Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, for reviewing and improving earlier versions of this paper. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 117: 2020 CURRENT STATUS OF TAXONOMIC KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILY NASSARIIDAE FROM INDIA Appendix 1 1. Research paper: A substantial piece of academic writing, in which the author does independent research into a topic and writes a description of the findings of that research. 2. 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