- Nassarius margaritifer
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Nassarius margaritifer Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Buccinoidea Family: Nassariidae Subfamily: Nassariinae Genus: Nassarius Species: N. margaritifer Binomial name Nassarius margaritifer
(Dunker, 1847)Synonyms[1] - Buccinum margaritiferum Dunker, 1847
- Buccinum reticulatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
- Nassa (Niotha) margaritifera (Dunker, 1847)
- Nassa (Tritia) costellifera A. Adams, 1853
- Nassa costellifera A. Adams, 1853
- Nassa margaritifer (Dunker, 1847)
- Nassa margaritifera (Dunker, 1847)
- Nassa quoyii Rousseau, 1854
- Nassarius (Zeuxis) margaritifer (Dunker, 1847)
- Nassarius (Zeuxis) margaritiferus (Dunker, 1847)
- Nassarius crenelliferus (A. Adams, 1853)
- Nassarius margaritifera (Dunker, 1847)
- Nassarius margaritifera var. costellifera A. Adams, 1853
- Nassarius margaritiferus (Dunker, 1847)
- Niotha margaritifera (Dunker, 1847)
- Zeuxis margaritiferus (Dunker, 1847)
Nassarius margaritifer 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 20 mm and 35 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Kenya, Tanzania and the Aldabra Atoll, in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines
References
- ^ a b Nassarius margaritifer (Dunker, 1847) . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560062 on 26 February 2011.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356
- Ruwa, R.K. (1989). Macrofaunal composition and zonation on sandy beaches at Gazi, Kanamai and Malindi Bay, Kenya. Kenya Journal of Sciences (Series B) 10 (1-2): 31-45
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