Nassarius livescens

Nassarius livescens
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. livescens
Binomial name
Nassarius livescens (Philippi, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinum livescens Philippi, 1848 Nassa (Niotha) kieneri Deshayes, 1863 Nassa (Niotha) livescens (Philippi, 1849) Nassa deshayesii Rousseau, 1854 Nassa gracilis Pease, 1871 Nassa keenii Marrat, 1877 Nassa livescens (Philippi, 1848) Nassa lyraeformis Marrat, 1880 Nassa margaritifera Reeve, 1853 Nassa marginulata Reeve, 1853 Nassa oblonga Marrat, 1877 Nassa provulgata Fischer, 1891 Nassa secluza Fisher, 1891 Nassa sordida A. Adams, 1852 † Nassarius (Niotha) fulleri MacNeil, 1960 Nassarius (Niotha) kieneri (Deshayes, 1863) Nassarius (Niotha) livescens (Philippi, 1849) Nassarius (Niotha) secluzus (Fischer, 1891) Nassarius (Plicarcularia) sordidus (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius kieneri (Deshayes, 1863) Niotha livescens (Philippi, 1849)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and Indonesia.

References

1. Nassarius livescens (Philippi, 1848).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 October 2012.

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.
• 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) livescens