Nassarius candens

Nassarius candens
Apertural view of a shell of Nassarius candens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. candens
Binomial name
Nassarius candens (Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
Nassa (Niotha) candens Hinds, 1844 Nassa candens Hinds, 1844 Nassarius (Niotha) candens (Hinds, 1844)

Nassarius candens, common name the bright 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 shell size varies between 12 mm and 21 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along the Marquesas Islands

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Nassarius candens .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560160  on 1 March 2011.

• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356

External links

• Gastropods.com : Nassarius (Niotha) candens; accessed : 1 March 2011