Nassarius micans
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. micans
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Binomial name | |
Nassarius micans (A. Adams, 1852)
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Nassarius micans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 24 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off the Philippines and Indonesia.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nassarius micans. 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. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
External links
[edit]- "Nassarius (Zeuxis) micans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.