- Nassarius tiarula
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Nassarius tiarula Nassarius tiarula Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Buccinoidea Family: Nassariidae Subfamily: Nassariinae Genus: Nassarius Species: N. tiarula Binomial name Nassarius tiarula
(Kiener, 1841)Nassarius tiarula, common name the western mud nassa, is a species of small sea snail with gills and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Feeding habits
These snails are scavengers.
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