Nassarius margaritifer

Nassarius margaritifer
Nassarius margaritifer
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. 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

  1. ^ 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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