Biology:Nassarius candens

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Nassarius candens
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Apertural view of a shell of Nassarius candens
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. candens
Binomial name
Nassarius candens
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nassa (Niotha) candens Hinds, 1844
  • Nassa candens Hinds, 1844
  • Nassarius (Niotha) candens (Hinds, 1844)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 12 mm and 21 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along the Marquesas Islands

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nassarius candens. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 March 2011.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356

External links


Wikidata ☰ Q6967411 entry