Nassarius echinatus

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Nassarius echinatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. echinatus
Binomial name
Nassarius echinatus
(A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nassa (Hebra) echinata A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa echinata A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa quadrasi var. alba Hidalgo, 1904
  • Nassarius (Niotha) echinatus (A. Adams, 1852)

Nassarius echinatus is a

mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off the Aldabra Atol and La Réunion.

Nassarius echinatus, abapertural view

References

  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
  • Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. . 448 pp.

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