Nassarius mutabilis

Nassarius mutabilis
Five views of a shell of Nassarius mutabilis
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. mutabilis
Binomial name
Nassarius mutabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinum foliorum Gmelin 1791 Buccinum foliosum Wood W. 1818 Buccinum gibbum Bruguière 1789 Buccinum inflatum Lamarck 1822 Buccinum jaspideum Link 1807 Buccinum mutabile Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym) Buccinum rufulum Kiener 1834 Buccinum tessulatum Gmelin 1791 Nassa companyoi Fontannes 1882 Nassa ebenacea Gennari 1866 Nassa gibba Gray M.E. 1850 Nassa helvetica Peyrot 1925 Nassa mediterranea Risso 1826 Nassa mutabilis var. curta Pallary 1904 Nassa mutabilis goodalliana var. minuscula Pallary 1900 Nassa mutabilis var. minor Pallary 1900 Nassa mutabilis var. minuscularia Pallary 1904 Nassa mutabilis var. procera Pallary 1906 Nassarius (Sphaeronassa) mutabilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Sphaeronassa adriatica Coen 1933 Sphaeronassa deformis Coen 1933 Sphaeronassa globulina Locard 1886 Sphaeronassa mutabilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Sphaeronassa umbilicata Coen 1933

Nassarius mutabilis, common name : the mutable nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania and West Africa.

References

1. CLEMAM: Nassarius mutabilis
2. Nassarius mutabilis (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2011.

• Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

External links

• Gastropods.com : Nassarius (Sphaeronassa) mutabilis; accessed : 31 March 2011