Nassarius luridus

Nassarius luridus
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. luridus
Binomial name
*Nassarius luridus* (Gould, 1850)
Synonyms^[1]
Nassa (Alectryon) elegans fulgurans (f) Schepman, M.M., 1913 Nassa (Alectryon) lurida Gould, 1850 Nassa (Telasco) dispar A. Adams, 1852 Nassa (Zeuxis) lucida Gould, 1850 Nassa (Zeuxis) lurida Gould, 1850 Nassa dispar A. Adams, 1852 Nassa graphitera Rousseau, 1854 Nassa kieneri Deshayes, 1863 Nassa lurida Gould, 1850 Nassarius (Telasco) luridus (Gould, 1850) Nassarius kieneri Anton, 1957

Nassarius luridus 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 12 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off Indonesia.

References

1 2 Nassarius luridus (Gould, 1850) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 February 2011.

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 (Telasco) luridus; accessed : 28 February 2011

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