Nassarius sinusigerus

Nassarius sinusigerus
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. sinusigerus
Binomial name
Nassarius sinusigerus
A. Adams, 1851
Synonyms[1]
  • Nassa (Alectryon) collaticia Melvill & Standen, 1901
  • Nassa (Alectryon) ovoidea brevis (f) Schepman, M.M., 1911
  • Nassa (Hima) sinusigera A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Niotha) sinusigera A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Niotha) sinusigera var. cernica G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874
  • Nassa abyssinica Marrat, 1877
  • Nassa aracanensis E.A. Smith, 1899
  • Nassa beata Gould, 1860
  • Nassa lathraia Sturany, 1900
  • Nassa phoenicensis Preston, 1916
  • Nassa sinusigera A. Adams, 1851
  • Nassarius (Alectrion) collaticia Melvill & Standen, 1901
  • Nassarius (Hima) aracanensis (E.A. Smith, 1899)
  • Nassarius (Niotha) sinusigerus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius (Telasco) sinusigerus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • † Nassarius (Zeuxis) macrocephalus greyanus Shuto, 1969
  • Niotha sinusigera (A. Adams, 1852)

Nassarius sinusigerus 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 6.5 mm and 12 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the central Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. 1 2 Nassarius sinusigerus A. Adams, 1851.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 November 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Cernohorsky W.O. (1981). Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 18:137-192.
  • 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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