Nassarius pfeifferi
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| Nassarius pfeifferi | |
| 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. pfeifferi |
| Binomial name | |
| Nassarius pfeifferi (Philippi, 1844) [1] | |
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Nassarius pfeifferi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]
Description
The shell size varies between 9 mm and 19 mm
Distribution
This species is occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Spain, Portugal and Mauritania.
References
- ↑ Philippi R.A., 1844: Nachtrag zum zweiten Bande der Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae , Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 1: 100-112
- 1 2 Nassarius pfeifferi (Philippi, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 October 2012.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356
- Wolff, W.J.; Duiven, P.; Esselink, P.; Gueve, A. (1993). Biomass of macrobenthic tidal flat fauna of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. Hydrobiologia 258(1-3): 151-163
- 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
- Segers W., Rolan E. & Swinnen F. (2008) Study and separation of two species treated as Nassarius pfeifferi (Philippi, 1844) (Neogastropoda, Nassariidae). Visaya 2(3): 18-28.
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