Nassarius pygmaeus

Nassarius pygmaeus
Nassarius pygmaeus
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. pygmaeus
Binomial name
Nassarius pygmaeus
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]

Hinia pygmaea
Nassarius (Hinia) pygmaea (Lamarck)
Nassarius (Hinia) varicosa
Nassarius varicosa (Turton, 1822)

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Nassarius pygmaeus (Lamarck, 1822).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140512 on 18 April 2010.

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