Nassarius kraussianus

Nassarius kraussianus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. kraussianus
Binomial name
	Nassarius kraussianus; (Dunker, 1846)
Synonyms
	Alectrion kraussiana Dunker, 1846; Buccinum (Nassa) kraussianum Dunker, 1846; Buccinum kraussianum Dunker, 1846 (original combination); Nassa (Eione) orbiculata A. Adams, 1852; Nassa kraussiana (Dunker, 1846);

Nassarius kraussianus, common name the tick shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies from 6 mm to 10 mm

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique, South Africa and Réunion and in the Atlantic Ocean off Namibia.

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp

"Nassarius (Plicarcularia) kraussianus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 December 2010.

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