Nassarius arcularius
| Nassarius arcularius | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Subfamily: | Nassariinae |
| Genus: | Nassarius |
| Species: | N. arcularius |
| Binomial name | |
| Nassarius arcularius (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nassarius arcularius, common name : the casket nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
There are two subspecies :
- Nassarius arcularia arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Nassarius arcularia plicatus (Röding, 1798)
- Subspecies brought into synonymy
- Nassarius arcularius arcularius (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Nassarius arcularia arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Description
The shell size varies between 18 mm and 40 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along East Africa, Madagascar and Mozambique and in the Central Pacific Ocean.
References
- 1 2 Nassarius arcularius (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 February 2011.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the Family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
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