Nassarius papillosus

Nassarius papillosus
Nassarius papillosus
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. papillosus
Binomial name
Nassarius papillosus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum papillosum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Nassa (Alectryon) papillosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Nassa (Alectryon) papillosa var. seminuda Dautzenberg, 1929
  • Nassa papillosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Nassarius (Alectrion) papillosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nassarius papillosus, common name : the Pimpled 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 30 mm and 52 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Réunion.

References

  1. ^ a b Nassarius papillosus (Linnaeus, 1758).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215717 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

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