Nassarius kraussianus

Nassarius kraussianus
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. kraussianus
Binomial name
Nassarius kraussianus (Dunker, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
Nassa kraussiana (Dunker, 1846)

Nassarius kraussianus, common name the tick shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies from 6 mm to 10 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Mozambique, South Africa and Réunion and in the Atlantic Ocean along Namibia.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Nassarius kraussianus .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225358 on 29 December 2010.

• Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
• MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp

External links

• Gastropods.com : Nassarius (Plicarcularia) kraussianus; accessed : 29 December 2010

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