Nassa

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin nassa (“narrow-necked basket”). === Proper noun === Nassa f A taxonomic genus within the family Muricidae – certain of the rock snails or murex snails. ==== Usage notes ==== This, the genus currently accepted under ICZN, is Nassa Röding, 1798. Nassa Lamarck, 1799 is now Nassarius. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda – class; Caenogastropoda – subclass; Sorbeoconcha – order; Hypsogastropoda – suborder; Neogastropoda – infraorder; Muricoidea – superfamily; Muricidae – family; Muricinae - subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Nassa serta - type species; Nassa francolina, Nassa situla, Nassa tuamotuensis - other accepted species === References === Nassa (gastropod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Rapaninae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Nassa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Nassa at World Register of Marine Species Nassa at National Center for Biotechnology Information