Nassarius crenulatus
Nassarius crenulatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
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This species name has become a nomen dubium.
Description
The shell grows to a length of 32 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Tanzania; off Taiwan.
References
- Nassarius crenulatus (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2012.
- Lamarck, J. B. de. 1816. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Paris.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp. page(s): 408
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
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