Nassarius idyllius

Nassarius idyllius
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. idyllius
Binomial name
*Nassarius idyllius* (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Synonyms^[1]
Arcularia caelata var. torresiana Hedley, 1915 Nassa (Aciculina) ovoidea Schepman, 1911 Nassa (Alectryon) ovoidea Schepman, 1911 Nassa (Alectryon) schepmani Koperberg, 1931 Nassa idyllia Melvill & Standen, 1901 Nassa munda Sturany, 1900 Nassarius (Arcularia) caelata torresiana (f) Hedley, C Nassarius (Alectrion) idyllius (Melvill & Standen, 1901) Nassarius (Alectrion) ovoideus (Schepman, 1911) Nassarius (Hima) crebricostatus dilemensis Oostingh, 1939 Nassarius (Hima) ovoideus (Schepman, 1911) Nassarius (Zeuxis) idyllius (Melvill & Standen, 1901) Nassarius torresianus (Hedley, 1915)

Nassarius idyllius is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails (USA) or dog whelks (UK).^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 5 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific

References

1 2 Nassarius idyllius . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2012.

Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
Cernohorsky W.O. (1981). Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 18:137-192.
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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