Nassa verrucosa A. Adams, 1852 (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Buccinum verrucosum Bruguière, 1789)
Nassarius (Niotha) clathratus (Lamarck, 1822)
Nassarius (Niotha) conoidalis (Deshayes in Belanger, 1832) accepted, alternate representation
Nassarius (Niotha) gemmulatus (Lamarck, 1822)
Nassarius (Niotha) gemmulatus var. variegatus (A. Adams, 1852)
Nassarius (Niotha) gemmulatus var. verrucosa (A. Adams, 1852)
Nassarius (Niotha) variegatus (A. Adams, 1852)
Nassarius (Niotha) verrucosus (A. Adams, 1852)
Nassarius comtessei (Iredale, 1929)
Nassarius conoidalis conoidalis (Deshayes in Belanger, 1832)
Nassarius gemmulatus (Lamarck, 1822)
Niotha clathrata (Lamarck, 1816)
Niotha clathratus (Lamarck, 1816)
Niotha comtessei Iredale, 1929
Niotha cumingii A. Adams, 1870
Niotha gemmulata (Lamarck, 1822)
Description
The shell size varies between 16 mm and 32 mm
The shell has an ovate, ventricose shape. The pointed
spire is composed of six or seven convex
whorls. It is ornamented upon its whole surface with granular, longitudinal folds, and transverse striae. The suture is very distinct, formed by a small canal, and bordered with closer tubercles, principally upon the
body whorl. This is very much inflated, and composes almost half of the shell. The
aperture is rounded. The thin outer
lip is arcuated. It is folded upon the edge, ornamented internally with raised striae, which are continued within the shell. The inner lip expands upon the
columella, which is truncated towards the top, and extends like a raised lip towards the base. It is covered lengthwise by two or three slightly marked, oblique folds. The interior of this shell is of a diaphanous white, like the surface, which, moreover, is covered with reddish clouds.[2]
Deshayes, G.P. 1832. Zoologie. Mollusques. pp. 401–416 in Bélanger, M.C. (ed.). Voyage aux Indes-Orientales, par le nord de l'Europe, les provinces du Caucase, la Géorgie, l'Armenie et la Perse, suivide details topographiques, statistique et autre sur le Pégon, les Isles de Java, de Maurice et de Bourbon, sur le Cap-de-bonne-Espérance et Sainte Hélène. Paris : Arthur Bertrand Vol. 2.
Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. pp. 1–16 in Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Paris : Agasse Part 23 pp. 1–16, pls 391-488.
Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp.
Adams, A. 1852. Catalogue of the species of Nassa, a genus of Gasteropodous Mollusca, belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 94-112
Reeve, L.A. 1854. Monograph of the genus Nassa. pls 26-29 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8.
Martin, K. 1895. Die Fossilien von Java auf Grund einer Sammlung von Dr. R.D.M. Verbeek. Sammlung des Geologischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden 1(2): 1-132, pls 1-20
Iredale, T. 1929. Strange molluscs in Sydney Harbour. The Australian Zoologist 5(4): 337-352, pls 37-38