Nassarius protrusidens

Nassarius protrusidens
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. protrusidens
Binomial name
Nassarius protrusidens
(Melvill, 1918)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alectrion (Hima) protrusidens Melvill, 1918 (original combination)
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) protrusidens Melvill, 1918

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off La Réunion and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.

References

  1. 1 2 Nassarius protrusidens .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 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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