Nassarius speciosus

Nassarius speciosus
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. speciosus
Binomial name
Nassarius speciosus
(A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alectrion plicosa (Dunker, 1846)
  • Buccinum plicosum Dunker, 1846 (non Menke, 1830)
  • Nassa plicosa (Dunker, 1846)
  • Nassa speciosa A. Adams, 1852 (original combination)
  • Nassarius (Niotha) speciosus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius plicosus (Dunker, 1846)
  • Phos plicosus (Dunker, 1846)

Nassarius speciosus, common name the purple-lipped dogwhelk or the splendid nassa, 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 20 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the south coast and the west coast of South Africa.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Nassarius speciosus .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 October 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_3307.shtml
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356
  • Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Nassariidae. pp. 138–173, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp


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