- Nassarius olivaceus
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Nassarius olivaceus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Buccinoidea Family: Nassariidae Subfamily: Nassariinae Genus: Nassarius Species: N. olivaceus Binomial name Nassarius olivaceus
(Bruguière, 1789)Synonyms[1] - Buccinum taenia Gmelin, 1791
- Buccinum taenius Gmelin, J.F., 1791
- Nassa approximata Pease, W.H., 1868
- Nassa badia Adams, A., 1852
- Nassa dimorpha Cossmann, A.E.M., 1903
- Nassa fusca Rousseau, 1855
- Nassa mitralis Adams, A., 1852
- Nassa taenia (Gmelin, 1791)
- Nassarius taenius (Gmelin, 1791)
- Zeuxis olivaceus (Marrat, 1877)
Nassarius olivaceus, common name : the Olivaceous 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 25 mm and 50 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Mauritius and Tanzania
Parasites
- Stephanostomum-like cercariae from Australia: Cercaria capricornia VII[2]
References
- ^ a b Nassarius olivaceus (Bruguière, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215713 on 28 February 2011.
- ^ 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.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- 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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