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Nassarius niveus

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Nassarius niveus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. niveus
Binomial name
Nassarius niveus
(A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Nassa (Caesia) plicatella A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Tritia) nivea A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Tritia) plicatella A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa nivea A. Adams, 1852 (basionym)
  • Nassa plicatella A. Adams, 1852 (Invalid: junior homonym of Nassa plicatella Münster, 1835)
  • Nassa scopularca Barnard, 1959
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) plicatellus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius plicatellus (A. Adams, 1852)

Nassarius niveus, common name the lattice dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Description

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The shell size varies between 15 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola, Namibia and the west coast of South Africa

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Nassarius niveus (A. Adams, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576772 on 2012-02-20
  • Adam W. & Knudsen J. 1984. Révision des Nassariidae (Mollusca : Gastropoda Prosobranchia) de l’Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 55(9): 1-95, 5 pl.
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
  • Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
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