Nassarius protrusidens
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. protrusidens
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Binomial name | |
Nassarius protrusidens (Melvill, 1918)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Nassarius protrusidens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off La Réunion and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nassarius protrusidens. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 October 2012.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
External links
[edit]- "Nassarius (Zeuxis) protrusidens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.