Nassarius pullus
| Nassarius pullus | |
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| Nassarius pullus | |
| 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. pullus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nassarius pullus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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Nassarius pullus, common names : Black Nassa; Olive Dog Whelk; Ribbed Dog Whelk, 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 10 mm and 25 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Tanzania and in the Western Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.
Abapertural view of Nassarius pullus
References
- 1 2 Nassarius pullus Linnaeus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 October 2012.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- 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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