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Nassarius conoidalis (Deshayes, 1833)
Nassarius conoidalis, common name the cone-shaped Nassa or the jewelled dog whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails.
Habitat: Usually subtidal, down to 120 m
Synonymised names:
Buccinum conoidale Deshayes, 1833 · unaccepted (original combination)
Buccinum gemmulatum Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
Desmoulea ringens A. Adams, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nassa (Niotha) gemmulata (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Nassa (Niotha) gemmulata var. variegata A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted
Nassa (Niotha) rajaensis K. Martin, 1895 † · unaccepted
Nassa clathrata Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (invalid: junior secondary homonym...)
Nassa cumingii A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Nassa gemmulata (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Nassa ringens Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Nassa...)
Nassa variegata A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted
Nassa verrucosa A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted (invalid: junior secondary homonym...)
Nassarius (Niotha) clathratus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
Nassarius (Niotha) conoidalis (Deshayes, 1832) · unaccepted
Nassarius (Niotha) gemmulatus (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Nassarius (Niotha) gemmulatus var. variegatus (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Nassarius (Niotha) gemmulatus var. verrucosa (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Nassarius (Niotha) variegatus (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Nassarius (Niotha) verrucosus (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Nassarius comtessei (Iredale, 1929) · unaccepted
Nassarius conoidalis conoidalis (Deshayes, 1833) · unaccepted
Nassarius gemmulatus (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Nassarius variegatus (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Niotha clathrata (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
Niotha comtessei Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted
Niotha cumingii (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Niotha gemmulata (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Niotha variegata (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Direct children (2):
Subspecies Nassarius conoidalis conoidalis (Deshayes, 1833) accepted as Nassarius conoidalis (Deshayes, 1833)
Subspecies Nassarius conoidalis labordei (Giner Mari, 1929) accepted as Nassarius labordei (Giner Mari, 1929)
The term "reef safe" is often used in marine aquaristics, especially when buying a new species people often ask if the new animal is "reef safe".
What exactly does reef safe mean?
To answer this question, you can ask target-oriented questions and inquire in forums, clubs, dealers and with aquarist friends:
- Are there already experiences and keeping reports that assure that the new animal can live in other suitably equipped aquariums without ever having caused problems?
- Is there any experience of invertebrates (crustaceans, hermits, mussels, snails) or corals being attacked by other inhabitants such as fish of the same or a different species?
- Is any information known or expected about a possible change in dietary habits, e.g., from a plant-based diet to a meat-based diet?
- Do the desired animals leave the reef structure "alone", do they constantly change it (boring starfish, digger gobies, parrotfish, triggerfish) and thus disturb or displace other co-inhabitants?
- do new animals tend to get diseases repeatedly and very quickly and can they be treated?
- Do known peaceful animals change their character in the course of their life and become aggressive?
- Can the death of a new animal possibly even lead to the death of the rest of the stock through poisoning (possible with some species of sea cucumbers)?
- Last but not least the keeper of the animals has to be included in the "reef safety", there are actively poisonous, passively poisonous animals, animals that have dangerous biting or stinging weapons, animals with extremely strong nettle poisons, these have to be (er)known and a plan of action should have been made in advance in case of an attack on the aquarist (e.g. telephone numbers of the poison control center, the treating doctor, the tropical institute etc.).
If all questions are evaluated positively in the sense of the animal(s) and the keeper, then one can assume a "reef safety".
Nassarius conoidalis, common name the cone-shaped Nassa or the jewelled dog whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails.
Habitat: Usually subtidal, down to 120 m
Synonymised names:
Buccinum conoidale Deshayes, 1833 · unaccepted (original combination)
Buccinum gemmulatum Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
Desmoulea ringens A. Adams, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nassa (Niotha) gemmulata (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Nassa (Niotha) gemmulata var. variegata A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted
Nassa (Niotha) rajaensis K. Martin, 1895 † · unaccepted
Nassa clathrata Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (invalid: junior secondary homonym...)
Nassa cumingii A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Nassa gemmulata (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Nassa ringens Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Nassa...)
Nassa variegata A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted
Nassa verrucosa A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted (invalid: junior secondary homonym...)
Nassarius (Niotha) clathratus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
Nassarius (Niotha) conoidalis (Deshayes, 1832) · unaccepted
Nassarius (Niotha) gemmulatus (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Nassarius (Niotha) gemmulatus var. variegatus (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Nassarius (Niotha) gemmulatus var. verrucosa (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Nassarius (Niotha) variegatus (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Nassarius (Niotha) verrucosus (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Nassarius comtessei (Iredale, 1929) · unaccepted
Nassarius conoidalis conoidalis (Deshayes, 1833) · unaccepted
Nassarius gemmulatus (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Nassarius variegatus (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Niotha clathrata (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
Niotha comtessei Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted
Niotha cumingii (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Niotha gemmulata (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Niotha variegata (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Direct children (2):
Subspecies Nassarius conoidalis conoidalis (Deshayes, 1833) accepted as Nassarius conoidalis (Deshayes, 1833)
Subspecies Nassarius conoidalis labordei (Giner Mari, 1929) accepted as Nassarius labordei (Giner Mari, 1929)
The term "reef safe" is often used in marine aquaristics, especially when buying a new species people often ask if the new animal is "reef safe".
What exactly does reef safe mean?
To answer this question, you can ask target-oriented questions and inquire in forums, clubs, dealers and with aquarist friends:
- Are there already experiences and keeping reports that assure that the new animal can live in other suitably equipped aquariums without ever having caused problems?
- Is there any experience of invertebrates (crustaceans, hermits, mussels, snails) or corals being attacked by other inhabitants such as fish of the same or a different species?
- Is any information known or expected about a possible change in dietary habits, e.g., from a plant-based diet to a meat-based diet?
- Do the desired animals leave the reef structure "alone", do they constantly change it (boring starfish, digger gobies, parrotfish, triggerfish) and thus disturb or displace other co-inhabitants?
- do new animals tend to get diseases repeatedly and very quickly and can they be treated?
- Do known peaceful animals change their character in the course of their life and become aggressive?
- Can the death of a new animal possibly even lead to the death of the rest of the stock through poisoning (possible with some species of sea cucumbers)?
- Last but not least the keeper of the animals has to be included in the "reef safety", there are actively poisonous, passively poisonous animals, animals that have dangerous biting or stinging weapons, animals with extremely strong nettle poisons, these have to be (er)known and a plan of action should have been made in advance in case of an attack on the aquarist (e.g. telephone numbers of the poison control center, the treating doctor, the tropical institute etc.).
If all questions are evaluated positively in the sense of the animal(s) and the keeper, then one can assume a "reef safety".
