Nassarius margaritifer

Nassarius margaritifer
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. margaritifer
Binomial name
	Nassarius margaritifer; (Dunker, 1847)
Synonyms
	Buccinum margaritiferum Dunker, 1847; Buccinum reticulatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833; Nassa (Niotha) margaritifera (Dunker, 1847); Nassa (Tritia) costellifera A. Adams, 1853; Nassa costellifera A. Adams, 1853; Nassa margaritifer (Dunker, 1847); Nassa margaritifera (Dunker, 1847); Nassa quoyii Rousseau, 1854; Nassarius (Zeuxis) margaritifer (Dunker, 1847); Nassarius (Zeuxis) margaritiferus (Dunker, 1847); Nassarius costellifera (A. Adams, 1853); Nassarius crenelliferus (A. Adams, 1853); Nassarius margaritifera (Dunker, 1847); Nassarius margaritifera var. costellifera A. Adams, 1853; Nassarius margaritiferus (Dunker, 1847); Niotha margaritifera (Dunker, 1847); Zeuxis margaritiferus (Dunker, 1847);

Nassarius margaritifer 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 size varies between 20 mm and 35 mm

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Kenya, Tanzania and the Aldabra Atoll, in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
Ruwa, R.K. (1989). Macrofaunal composition and zonation on sandy beaches at Gazi, Kanamai and Malindi Bay, Kenya. Kenya Journal of Sciences (Series B) 10 (1–2): 31–45

"Nassarius (Zeuxis) margaritiferus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 February 2011.

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