Nassarius idyllius
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: | Nassarius |
Species: | N. idyllius
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Binomial name | |
Nassarius idyllius (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Nassarius idyllius 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 5 mm
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Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nassarius idyllius. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2012.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Cernohorsky, W. O. (1981). "Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent Species of the Family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 18: 137–192. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906302. Wikidata Q58677171.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.