Nassarius speciosus

Nassarius speciosus
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. speciosus
Binomial name
	Nassarius speciosus; (A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms
	Alectrion plicosa (Dunker, 1846); Buccinum plicosum Dunker, 1846 (non Menke, 1830); Nassa plicosa (Dunker, 1846); Nassa speciosa A. Adams, 1852 (original combination); Nassarius (Niotha) speciosus (A. Adams, 1852); Nassarius plicosus (Dunker, 1846); Phos plicosus (Dunker, 1846);

Nassarius speciosus, common name the purple-lipped dogwhelk or the splendid nassa, 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 20 mm and 30 mm.

This marine species occurs off the south coast and the west coast of South Africa.

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356
Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Nassariidae. Pp. 138-173, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp

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