Nassarius reticulatus

Nassarius reticulatus
Nassarius reticulatus
Two beachworn shells of Nassarius reticulatus
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. reticulatus
Binomial name
Nassarius reticulatus
Linnaeus, 1758

Nassarius reticulatus, common name the "netted dog whelk" is a species of small European sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the dog whelks or nassa mud snails.

Hermit crab Diogenes pugilator, using a shell of the dog whelk Nassarius reticulatus

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