Nassarius albescens

Nassarius albescens
Nassarius albescens
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. albescens
Binomial name
Nassarius albescens (Dunker, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinum albescens Dunker, 1846 Nassa albescens (Dunker, 1846) Nassarius retecosa Adams, A., 1852 Nassa bicolor Rousseau, 1854 Nassa adamsiana Marrat, F.P., 1880 Nassa baguenai Mari, 1934

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

There is one subspecies : Nassarius albescens gemmuliferus (A. Adams, 1852) (synonyms : Nassa (Niotha) albescens var. fenestratus (Marrat, 1877); Nassa (Niotha) fenestrata (Marrat, 1877); Nassa fenestrata Marratt, 1877; Nassa gemmulifera A. Adams, 1852; Nassa isabellei Reeve, 1853; Nassarius (Niotha) albescens gemmuliferus (A. Adams, 1852); Nassarius (Niotha) fenestratus (Marrat, 1877); Nassarius (Niotha) fenestratus var. gestroi Bisacchi, 1930; Nassarius fenestratus (Marratt, 1877) ) ^[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines and Australia.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Nassarius albescens (Dunker, 1846).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215746 on 29 December 2010.
2. ^ WoRMS : Nassarius albescens gemmuliferus (A. Adams, 1852) ; accessed : 28 February 2011

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356
• Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg

External links

• Gastropods.com : Nassarius (Niotha) albescens albescens; accessed : 29 December 2010