Nassarius cabrierensis

Nassarius cabrierensis
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. cabrierensis
Binomial name
Nassarius cabrierensis
Fontannes, F., 1878
Synonyms

Nassarius (Nassarius) cabrierensis cabrierensis Fontannes, F., 1878

Nassarius cabrierensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

The subspecies Nassarius cabrierensis ovoideus (Locard, 1886) is a synonym of Nassarius ovoideus (Locard, 1886)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Western Sahara.

References

  1. Nassarius cabrierensis .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.

External links

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