Nassarius maccauslandi
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Nassarius maccauslandi is a species of dog whelk, a marine mollusc, in the family Nassariidae. The species is found in tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean, including Fiji, the Philippines and Indones
Nassarius maccauslandi
Reverse view of holotype
Paratype from the National Museum of Natural History, France
Walter Oliver Cernohorsky
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Walter Oliver Cernohorsky, often referred to as W. O. Cernohorsky, was a Czech malacologist based in New Zealand. Cernohorsky developed an interest in malacology while working as the chief surveyor at
Nassarius maccauslandi
…by having more embryonic whorls (compared to 2.25–2.75 in N. fraudulentus), two prominent sutural cords. The species was first described in 1984 by Walter Oliver Cernohorsky, who used the name Nassarius (Plicarcularia) maccauslandi, placing the species in a subgenus named Plicarcularia, which is no longer accepted. The…
Cernohorsky at the Auckland War Memorial Museum with Terebra shells, January 1987
Attiliosa orri (originally Muricopsis orri), a species first described by Cernohorsky in 1976
Nassarius cernohorskyi, named in honour of Cernohorsky in 2005