Nassarius niveus

Nassarius niveus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Family:Nassariidae
Genus:Nassarius
Species: N. niveus
Binomial name
Nassarius niveus
(A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Nassa (Caesia) plicatella A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Tritia) nivea A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Tritia) plicatella A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa nivea A. Adams, 1852 (basionym)
  • Nassa plicatella A. Adams, 1852 (Invalid: junior homonym of Nassa plicatella Münster, 1835)
  • Nassa scopularca Barnard, 1959
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) plicatellus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius plicatellus (A. Adams, 1852)

Nassarius niveus, common name the lattice dogwhelk, 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 size varies between 15 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola, Namibia and the west coast of South Africa

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Nassarius niveus (A. Adams, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576772 on 2012-02-20
  • Adam W. & Knudsen J. 1984. Révision des Nassariidae (Mollusca : Gastropoda Prosobranchia) de l’Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 55(9): 1-95, 5 pl.
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
  • Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
  • 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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