Nassarius kraussianus
| Nassarius kraussianus | |
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| Ancient archeological shell beads of this species from Blombos Cave, along with a hypothetical reconstruction of the shell necklace that they were strung on | |
| 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. kraussianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nassarius kraussianus (Dunker, 1846) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nassarius kraussianus, common name the tick shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies from 6 mm to 10 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique, South Africa and Réunion and in the Atlantic Ocean off Namibia.
References
- 1 2 Nassarius kraussianus . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 October 2012.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356.
- Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
- MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
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