Nassarius fissilabrus

Nassarius fissilabrus
Nassarius fissilabrus
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. fissilabrus
Binomial name
Nassarius fissilabrus

Nassarius fissilabrus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

This species is also written as Nassarius fissilabris (Adams, A., 1852)

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Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and along Oman.

References

  1. ^ Nassarius fissilabrus .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215715 on 18 April 2010.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.

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