Nassarius siquijorensis

Nassarius siquijorensis
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. siquijorensis
Binomial name
Nassarius siquijorensis (A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinum canaliculatum Lamarck, 1822 (invalid: junior homonym of Buccinum canaliculatum Gmelin, 1791) Buccinum turris Wood, 1825 Nassa (Hinia) siquijorensis A. Adams, 1852 Nassa (Hinia) siquijorensis marinuensis Koperberg, 1931 Nassa (Hinia) siquijorensis timorensis Koperberg, 1931 Nassa (Zeuxis) canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822) Nassa (Zeuxis) canaliculata teschi Koperberg, 1931 Nassa cingenda Marrat, 1880 Nassa crenellifera A. Adams, 1852 Nassa siquijorensis A. Adams, 1852 Nassa steindachneri Sturany, 1900 Nassarius (Zeuxis) siquijorensis (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius hirasei Kuroda & Habe, 1952 Nassarius (Zeuxis) hirasei Kuroda, T. & T. Habe, 1952 Zeuxis hirasei (Kuroda & Habe, 1952)

Nassarius siquijorensis, common name the burned nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 43 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin; off Japan.

References

• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356.
• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

External links

• Gastropods.com: Nassarius (Zeuxis) siquijorensis