Nassarius deshayesianus
Appearance
Nassarius deshayesianus | |
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Shell of Nassarius deshayesianus (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Subfamily: | Nassariinae |
Genus: | Nassarius |
Species: | N. deshayesianus
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Binomial name | |
Nassarius deshayesianus (Issel, 1866)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Nassarius deshayesianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails (USA) or dog whelks (UK).[1]
Description
[edit]The shell grows to a length of 15 mm
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nassarius deshayesianus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2012.
- Sowerby, G.B., III. (1894). Descriptions of four new shells from the Persian Gulf and Bay of Zaila. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 1(4): 160–161, pl. 12.
- Melvill, J.C. & Sykes, E.R. (1899). Notes on a third collection of marine shells from the Andaman Islands, with descriptions of three new species of Mitra. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 3: 220–229.
- 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.
External links
[edit]- Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp
- Jousseaume, F. (1888). Description des mollusques recueillis par M. le Dr. Faurot dans la Mer Rouge et le Golfe d'Aden. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 1: 165-223
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
- "Nassarius (Niotha) deshayesianus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 December 2010.