Nassarius siquijorensis
Nassarius siquijorensis | |
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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] | |
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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.
References
- 1 2 Nassarius siquijorensis (A. Adams, 1852). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 October 2012.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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