Nassarius distortus

Nassarius distortus
Nassarius distortus
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. distortus
Binomial name
Nassarius distortus
(A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum coronatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Buccinum monile Kiener, 1834
  • Nassa (Alectrion) monilis (Kiener, 1853)
  • Nassa (Alectryon) monilis (Kiener, 1853)
  • Nassa distorta A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa lachrymosa Reeve, 1853
  • Nassa monile (Kiener, 1834)
  • Nassarius (Niotha) distortus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius monile (Kiener, 1853)

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

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Description

The shell size varies between 18 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

  1. ^ a b Nassarius distortus (A. Adams, 1852) .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560063  on 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

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