Chestnut Latirus or "Chestnut Nassa"
Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791)
Family Fasciolariidae
The Chestnut Latirus or "Chestnut Nassa" is ocassionally found on S. Hutchinson Island beaches and is by no means a rare shell.
Three Chestnut Latirus shells (S. Hutchinson Island, January 2021)
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Jax: Taxonomic Information
Class GASTROPODA CAENOGASTROPODA
Order NEOGASTROPODA
SuperFamily BUCCINOIDEA
Family FASCIOLARIIDAE FASCIOLARIINAE
open book Page/Plate
Colombian Seashells from the Caribbean Sea p 101; 261/512
Encyclopedia of Marine Gastropods p 225/9
Moluscos . . . De Margarita, Venezuela p 90
Collector's guide to Seashells of the World p 109/13
Sea Shells of the West Indies p 158
Audubon - Field Guide to North American Shells Pl. 44; 573
Fasciolariidae p 20; Pl. 57
Synonyms
Fusus cingulatus Gmelin, J.F., 1791 : Caribbean (unnecessary nomen novum)
Catalog of the . . . Fasciolariidae p 65
Voluta fuscata Gmelin, J.F., 1791 : S Caribbean
Catalog of the . . . Fasciolariidae p 99
Murex rubicunda Perry, G., 1811
Conchology (London) Pl. 54/2
Catalog of the . . . Fasciolariidae p 178
Fasciolaria cingulifera Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816 : SE Florida, USA ; Caribbean
Catalog of the . . . Fasciolariidae p 66
Fasciolariidae p 20
Turbinella knorrii Deshayes, G.P. in Deshayes, G.P. & H. Milne-Edwards, 1843 : S Caribbean
Catalog of the . . . Fasciolariidae p 121
Fasciolariidae p 20
Turbinella angularis Reeve, L.A., 1847 : SE Florida, USA; Caribbean
Catalog of the . . . Fasciolariidae p 39
Fasciolariidae p 20
Lagena californica Adams, A., 1853 : SE Florida, USA ; Caribbean
Catalog of the . . . Fasciolariidae p 58
Turbinella dubia Petit de la Saussaye, S., 1853 : Brazil
Malacological Fauna from the Cape Verde Archipelago p 141
Catalog of the . . . Fasciolariidae p 86
Peristernia inculta Gould, A.A., 1860
Catalog of the . . . Fasciolariidae p 115
Turbinella riiseana Kobelt, W. & H.C. Küster, 1874 : W Indies
Catalog of the . . . Fasciolariidae p 40
Leucozonia caribbeana Weisbord, N.E., 1962
Leucozonia jacarusoi Petuch, E.J., 1987 : Brazil
New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas A1-A2; Pl. 29/4-5
Catalog of the . . . Fasciolariidae p 119
Leucozonia jacurosoi Petuch, E.J., 1987 (lapsus)
Fasciolariidae p 20; Pl. 56
Leucozonia trinidadensis Mallard & A. Robin, 2005 : S Caribbean; N Brazil
Fasciolariidae p 20; Pl. 56