Nassarius clathratus
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: | Nassarius |
Species: | N. clathratus
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Binomial name | |
Nassarius clathratus (Born, 1778)
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Nassarius clathratus, common name the clathrate nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Description
[edit]![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2012) |
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Mediterranean Sea.
References
[edit]- ^ Nassarius clathratus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 October 2012.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
- Rolán E. & Hernández J.M. (2005) The West African species of the group Nassarius denticulatus (Mollusca, Neogastropoda), with the description of a new species. Journal of Conchology 38(5): 499–511. page(s): 506
External links
[edit] Media related to Nassarius clathratus at Wikimedia Commons