Nassarius distortus

Nassarius distortus

Apertural view of a shell of Nassarius distortus
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. distortus
Binomial name
*Nassarius distortus* (A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms^[1]
Buccinum coronatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 Buccinum monile Kiener, 1834 Nassa (Alectrion) monilis (Kiener, 1853) Nassa (Alectryon) monilis (Kiener, 1853) Nassa distorta A. Adams, 1852 Nassa lachrymosa Reeve, 1853 Nassa monile (Kiener, 1834) Nassarius (Niotha) distortus (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius monile (Kiener, 1853)

Nassarius distortus, common name : the distorted nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 18 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

1 2 Nassarius distortus (A. Adams, 1852) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 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

External links

Gastropods.com : Nassarius (Niotha) distortus; accessed : 28 February 2011

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