Nassarius deshayesianus

Nassarius deshayesianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails (USA) or dog whelks (UK).[1]

Nassarius deshayesianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. deshayesianus
Binomial name
Nassarius deshayesianus
(Issel, 1866)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nassa (Arcularia) obockensis (Jousseaume, 1888)
  • Nassa (Phrontis) obockensis (Jousseaume, 1888)
  • Nassa deshayesiana Issel, 1866
  • Nassa obockensis (Jousseaume, 1888)
  • Nassa zailensis G.B. Sowerby, 1894
  • Nassa zailensis var. andamanica Melvill & Sykes, 1898
  • Nassarius (Niotha) deshayesianus (Issel, 1866)
  • Nassarius (Phrontis) deshayesianus (Issel, 1866)
  • Phrontis obockensis Jousseaume, 1888

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea.

References
  1. Nassarius deshayesianus . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 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
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
  • "Nassarius (Niotha) deshayesianus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 December 2010.


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