Nassarius graniferus

Nassarius graniferus
Two live individuals of Nassarius graniferus
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. graniferus
Binomial name
Nassarius graniferus Kiener, 1834
Synonyms[1]
Arcularia (Plicarcularia) granulifera (Kiener, 1834) Buccinum graniferum Kiener, 1834 Buccinum verrucosum Bruguière, 1789 Nassa (Arcularia) granifera (Kiener, 1834) Nassa granifera (Kiener, 1834) Nassa obliqua Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot, 1853 Nassa perlata Marrat, 1880 Nassarius (Plicarcularia) granifer (Kiener, 1834) Nassarius (Plicarcularia) graniferus (Kiener, 1834) Nassarius granifer (Kiener, 1834) (misspelling) Nassarius granuliferus (Kiener, 1834) (misspelling) Plicarcularia granifera (Kiener, 1834) Plicarcularia graniferus (Kiener, 1834)

Nassarius graniferus, common name the granulated dog whelk or granulated nassa, is a species of sea snail with an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the mud snails or dog whelks. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell of this species varies between 10 mm and 18 mm.

Distribution

The shell occurs in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean off Réunion. Specimens of this species were gathered by Rizal in Dapitan in 1894^[2] although he labeled them as Nassa arcularia.

References

1. WoRMS (2011). Nassarius graniferus (Kiener, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=561134 on 20 October 2012
2. : Miscellaneous Letters of Rizal; accessed : 2 Jan 2012

• 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 (Plicarcularia) graniferus; accessed : 28 February 2011