Nassarius dorsatus

Nassarius dorsatus
Nassarius dorsatus
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. dorsatus
Binomial name
Nassarius dorsatus
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum dorsatum Röding, 1798
  • Nassa livida Gray in King, 1827
  • Buccinum unicolorum Kiener, 1834
  • Nassa unicolorata Reeve, 1853
  • Nassa rutilans Reeve, 1853

Nassarius dorsatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

Contents

Description

Distribution

Parasites

  • Stephanostomum-like cercariae from Australia: Cercaria capricornia VII[2] and Cercaria capricornia VIII[2]

References

  1. ^ OBIS : Nassarius (Zeuxis) dorsatus
  2. ^ a b Barnett L. J., Miller T. L. & Cribb T. H. (2010). "Two new Stephanostomum-like cercariae (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae) from Nassarius dorsatus and N. olivaceus (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) in Central Queensland, Australia". Zootaxa 2445: 35–52. PDF.

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