Nassarius delicatus

Nassarius delicatus
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. delicatus
Binomial name
Nassarius delicatus
(A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alectryon (Phrontis) alcimus Melvill, 1918
  • Hindsia nodicostata Adams, A., 1855
  • Nassa (Phrontis) delicata A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Phrontis) tiarula Kiener, 1841
  • Nassa delicata A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa nodicostata A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassarius aclimus Melvill, J.C., 1918
  • Nassarius (Niotha) delicatus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Phrontis nodicostata (A. Adams, 1852)

Nassarius delicatus 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 6 mm and 14 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indo-West Pacific and off La Réunion.

References

  1. 1 2 Nassarius delicatus .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2012.
  • 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


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