Nassarius micans

Nassarius micans
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. micans
Binomial name
Nassarius micans
(A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nassa (Alectrion) unicolor Hombron & Jacquinot, 1916
  • Nassa (Zeuxis) pallidula A. Adams, 1901
  • Nassa (Zeuxis) unicolor Hombron & Jacquinot, 1916
  • Nassa micans A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa pallidula A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa unicolor Rousseau, 1854
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) micans (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius unicolor (Rousseau, 1854)
  • Zeuxis micans (A. Adams, 1852)

Nassarius micans 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 18 mm and 24 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off the Philippines and Indonesia.

References

  1. 1 2 Nassarius micans .  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. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356.


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