Nassarius sinusigerus

Nassarius sinusigerus
Nassarius sinusigerus
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. sinusigerus
Binomial name
Nassarius sinusigerus
A. Adams, 1851
Synonyms[1]
  • Nassa (Alectryon) ovoidea brevis (f) Schepman, M.M., 1911
  • Nassa lathraia Sturany, 1900
  • Nassa sinusigera A. Adams, 1851

Nassarius sinusigerus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 6.5 mm and 12 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the central Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. ^ a b Nassarius sinusigerus A. Adams, 1851.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215740 on 30 November 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp

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