Nassarius optimus

Nassarius optimus
Nassarius optimus
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. optimus
Binomial name
Nassarius optimus
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1903)
Synonyms[1]

Nassa optima G.B. Sowerby III, 1903

Nassarius optimus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa snails .[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean along Northern Australia, the Philippines and New Caledonia

References

  1. ^ a b Nassarius optimus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903) .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510883  on 29 December 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

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