Nassarius fraterculus

Nassarius fraterculus
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. fraterculus
Binomial name
	Nassarius fraterculus; (Dunker, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
	Hima fraterculus (Dunker, 1860); Nassa (Hima) fraterculus Dunker, 1860; Nassa fraterculus Dunker, 1860; Nassa hypolia Pilsbry, 1895; Nassa nodosa Marrat, 1880; Nassa semiplicata A. Adams, 1853; Nassa semiplicata hiradoensis Pilsbry, 1904; Nassa semiplicata hizenensis Pilsbry, 1904; Nassarius (Hima) fraterculus (Dunker, 1860); Nassarius (Tritonella) fraterculus (Dunker, 1860); Nassarius (Tritonella) fraterculus hiradoensis (Pilsbry, 1904); Nassarius (Tritonella) semiplicatus (A. Adams, 1853); Nassarius (Tritonella) semiplicatus hizenensis (Pilsbry, 1904); Reticunassa fratercula (Dunker, 1860); Reticunassa fratercula hiradoensis (Pilsbry, 1904); Reticunassa fraterculus (Dunker, 1860); Reticunassa fraterculus hypolius (Pilsbry, 1895); Tritia (Reticunassa) hiradoensis (Pilsbry, 1904); Tritia fratercula (Dunker, 1860);

Nassarius fraterculus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 10 mm.

This marine species occurs off China, Korea and Japan.

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356.
Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. page(s): 97

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