Biology:Nassarius luridus

Nassarius luridus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. luridus
Binomial name
	Nassarius luridus; (Gould, 1850)
Synonyms
	Nassa (Alectryon) elegans fulgurans (f) Schepman, M.M., 1913; Nassa (Alectryon) lurida Gould, 1850; Nassa (Telasco) dispar A. Adams, 1852; Nassa (Zeuxis) lucida Gould, 1850; Nassa (Zeuxis) lurida Gould, 1850; Nassa dispar A. Adams, 1852; Nassa graphitera Rousseau, 1854; Nassa kieneri Deshayes, 1863; Nassa lurida Gould, 1850; Nassarius (Telasco) luridus (Gould, 1850); Nassarius kieneri Anton, 1957;

Short description: Species of gastropod

Nassarius luridus 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 20 mm.

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off Indonesia.

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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