Nassarius optimus

Nassarius optimus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa snails.[1]

Nassarius optimus
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N. optimus
Binomial name
Nassarius optimus
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1903)
Synonyms[1]

Nassa optima G.B. Sowerby III, 1903

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean off Northern Australia, the Philippines and New Caledonia.

References

  • 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
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
  • "Nassarius (Nassarius) optimus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 December 2010.


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