Biology:Nassarius cockburnensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Nassarius cockburnensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. cockburnensis
Binomial name
Nassarius cockburnensis
Kool & Dekker, 2006[1]

Nassarius cockburnensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6.9 mm and 9.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia.

References

  • Kool H.H. & Dekker H. (2006) Review of the Nassarius pauper (Gould, 1850) complex (Gastropoda: Nassariidae). Part 1, with the description of four new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Visaya 1(6): 54–75. page(s): 57

Wikidata ☰ Q6967428 entry