Nassarius pumilio

Nassarius pumilio
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. pumilio
Binomial name
	Nassarius pumilio; (E.A. Smith, 1872)
Synonyms
	Nassa (Hima) polignaci Lamy, 1923; Nassa madseni Knudsen, 1956; Nassa minor Marrat, 1877; Nassa pumilio E.A. Smith, 1872; Nassa weyersi Craven, 1883; Nassarius weyersi (Craven, 1882);

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 4 mm

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Luanda (Angola)

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
Adam W. & Knudsen J. 1984. Révision des Nassariidae (Mollusca : Gastropoda Prosobranchia) de l’Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 55(9): 1–95, 5 pl.
Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.

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