Biology:Nassarius alabasteroides

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Nassarius alabasteroides
Nassarius alabasteroides (MNHN-IM-2000-21889).jpeg
Shell of Nassarius alabasteroides (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. alabasteroides
Binomial name
Nassarius alabasteroides
Kool, 2009[1]

Nassarius alabasteroides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 24.7 mm

Distribution

Nassarius alabasteroides is found in the South Pacific Ocean, on the guyot (or sunken atoll) Banc Capel, in the Coral Sea off the Chesterfield Islands of New Caledonia.[3]

References

  • Kool H.H. 2009. Nassarius alabasteroides n. sp., a new nassarid species from the tropical South Pacific Ocean (Gastropoda: Nassariidae). Miscellanea Malacologica, 3(5): 97–100

Wikidata ☰ Q6967403 entry