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Nassarius fraterculus

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Nassarius fraterculus
Nassarius fraterculus shells
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N. fraterculus
Binomial name
Nassarius fraterculus
(Dunker, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hima fraterculus (Dunker, 1860)
  • Nassa (Hima) fraterculus Dunker, 1860
  • Nassa fraterculus Dunker, 1860
  • Nassa hypolia Pilsbry, 1895
  • Nassa nodosa Marrat, 1880
  • Nassa semiplicata A. Adams, 1853
  • Nassa semiplicata hiradoensis Pilsbry, 1904
  • Nassa semiplicata hizenensis Pilsbry, 1904
  • Nassarius (Hima) fraterculus (Dunker, 1860)
  • Nassarius (Tritonella) fraterculus (Dunker, 1860)
  • Nassarius (Tritonella) fraterculus hiradoensis (Pilsbry, 1904)
  • Nassarius (Tritonella) semiplicatus (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Nassarius (Tritonella) semiplicatus hizenensis (Pilsbry, 1904)
  • Reticunassa fratercula (Dunker, 1860)
  • Reticunassa fratercula hiradoensis (Pilsbry, 1904)
  • Reticunassa fraterculus (Dunker, 1860)
  • Reticunassa fraterculus hypolius (Pilsbry, 1895)
  • Tritia (Reticunassa) hiradoensis (Pilsbry, 1904)
  • Tritia fratercula (Dunker, 1860)

Nassarius fraterculus 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 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off China, Korea and Japan.

References

  1. ^ a b Nassarius fraterculus (Dunker, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2012.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
  • Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. page(s): 97