Nassarius elatus

Nassarius elatus
Nassarius elatus
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. elatus
Binomial name
Nassarius elatus
(Gould, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella buchholzi Martens, 1881
  • Nassa elata Gould, 1845
  • Nassa gallandiana Fischer, 1862
  • Nassa gallandiana var. albida Locard, 1887
  • Nassa gallandiana var. monochroma Locard, 1887
  • Nassa interstincta Marrat, 1878
  • Nassarius trifasciatus (A. Adams, 1853)

Nassarius elatus 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 10 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters along Portugal and in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola

References

  1. ^ a b Nassarius elatus (Gould, 1845).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140497 on 28 February 2011.
  • Adam W. & Knudsen J. 1984. Révision des Nassariidae (Mollusca : Gastropoda Prosobranchia) de l’Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 55(9): 1-95, 5 pl
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp

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