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Nassarius pullus
Nassarius pullus
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N. pullus
Binomial name
Nassarius pullus
Synonyms[1]
  • Arcularia (Plicarcularia) thersites (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Arcularia thersites (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Buccinum pullus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Buccinum thersites Bruguière, J.G., 1789
  • Cassis pullus Röding, 1798
  • Nassa (Arcularia) thersites (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Nassa (Eione) dorsuosa A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Eione) sondeiana K. Martin, 1895
  • Nassa (Eione) thersites (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Nassa dorsuosa Adams, A., 1852
  • Nassa gracilis Pease, W.H., 1868
  • Nassa pulla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Nassa thersites (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Nassarius (Arcularia) thersites
  • Nassarius (Plicarcularia) thersites (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Nassarius acypha Martens, E.C. von, 1887
  • Nassarius jonasi Dunker, 1957
  • Nassarius thersites (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Plicarcularia thersites (Bruguière, 1789)

Nassarius pullus, common names : Black Nassa; Olive Dog Whelk; Ribbed Dog Whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Tanzania and in the Western Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.

Abapertural view of Nassarius pullus

References

  1. ^ a b Nassarius pullus Linnaeus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 October 2012.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • 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.