Nassarius siquijorensis

Nassarius siquijorensis
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. siquijorensis
Binomial name
Nassarius siquijorensis
(A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum canaliculatum Lamarck, 1822 (invalid: junior homonym of Buccinum canaliculatum Gmelin, 1791)
  • Buccinum turris Wood, 1825
  • Nassa (Hinia) siquijorensis A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Hinia) siquijorensis marinuensis Koperberg, 1931
  • Nassa (Hinia) siquijorensis timorensis Koperberg, 1931
  • Nassa (Zeuxis) canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Nassa (Zeuxis) canaliculata teschi Koperberg, 1931
  • Nassa cingenda Marrat, 1880
  • Nassa crenellifera A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa siquijorensis A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa steindachneri Sturany, 1900
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) siquijorensis (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius hirasei Kuroda & Habe, 1952
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) hirasei Kuroda, T. & T. Habe, 1952
  • Zeuxis hirasei (Kuroda & Habe, 1952)

Nassarius siquijorensis, common name the burned nassa, 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 20 mm and 43 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin; off Japan.

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