Biology:Nassarius livescens

Nassarius livescens
Scientific classification
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Mollusca
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Gastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Caenogastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Neogastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Nassariidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Nassarius
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Binomial name
	Nassarius livescens; (Philippi, 1848)
Synonyms
	Buccinum livescens Philippi, 1848; Nassa (Niotha) kieneri Deshayes, 1863; Nassa (Niotha) livescens (Philippi, 1849); Nassa deshayesii Rousseau, 1854; Nassa gracilis Pease, 1871; Nassa keenii Marrat, 1877; Nassa livescens (Philippi, 1848); Nassa lyraeformis Marrat, 1880; Nassa margaritifera Reeve, 1853; Nassa marginulata Reeve, 1853; Nassa oblonga Marrat, 1877; Nassa provulgata Fischer, 1891; Nassa secluza Fisher, 1891; Nassa sordida A. Adams, 1852; † Nassarius (Niotha) fulleri MacNeil, 1960; Nassarius (Niotha) kieneri (Deshayes, 1863); Nassarius (Niotha) livescens (Philippi, 1849); Nassarius (Niotha) secluzus (Fischer, 1891); Nassarius (Plicarcularia) sordidus (A. Adams, 1852); Nassarius kieneri (Deshayes, 1863); Niotha livescens (Philippi, 1849);

Short description: Species of gastropod

Nassarius livescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 30 mm.

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and Indonesia.

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
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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Nassarius livescens

Scientific classification
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Animalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Mollusca
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Gastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Caenogastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Neogastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Nassariidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Nassarius
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	<div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">N. livescens
Binomial name
*Nassarius livescens* (Philippi, 1848)
Synonyms^[1]
Buccinum livescens Philippi, 1848 Nassa (Niotha) kieneri Deshayes, 1863 Nassa (Niotha) livescens (Philippi, 1849) Nassa deshayesii Rousseau, 1854 Nassa gracilis Pease, 1871 Nassa keenii Marrat, 1877 Nassa livescens (Philippi, 1848) Nassa lyraeformis Marrat, 1880 Nassa margaritifera Reeve, 1853 Nassa marginulata Reeve, 1853 Nassa oblonga Marrat, 1877 Nassa provulgata Fischer, 1891 Nassa secluza Fisher, 1891 Nassa sordida A. Adams, 1852 † Nassarius (Niotha) fulleri MacNeil, 1960 Nassarius (Niotha) kieneri (Deshayes, 1863) Nassarius (Niotha) livescens (Philippi, 1849) Nassarius (Niotha) secluzus (Fischer, 1891) Nassarius (Plicarcularia) sordidus (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius kieneri (Deshayes, 1863) Niotha livescens (Philippi, 1849)