Nassarius idyllius

Nassarius idyllius
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. idyllius
Binomial name
	Nassarius idyllius; (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Synonyms
	Arcularia caelata var. torresiana Hedley, 1915; Nassa (Aciculina) ovoidea Schepman, 1911; Nassa (Alectryon) ovoidea Schepman, 1911; Nassa (Alectryon) schepmani Koperberg, 1931; Nassa idyllia Melvill & Standen, 1901; Nassa munda Sturany, 1900; Nassarius (Arcularia) caelata torresiana (f) Hedley, C; Nassarius (Alectrion) idyllius (Melvill & Standen, 1901); Nassarius (Alectrion) ovoideus (Schepman, 1911); Nassarius (Hima) crebricostatus dilemensis Oostingh, 1939; Nassarius (Hima) ovoideus (Schepman, 1911); Nassarius (Zeuxis) idyllius (Melvill & Standen, 1901); Nassarius torresianus (Hedley, 1915);

Nassarius idyllius is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails (USA) or dog whelks (UK).^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 5 mm

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific

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.
Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356.

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