Biology:Nassarius micans

Short description: Species of gastropod

Nassarius micans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. micans
Binomial name
Nassarius micans (A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms
Nassa (Alectrion) unicolor Hombron & Jacquinot, 1916 Nassa (Zeuxis) pallidula A. Adams, 1901 Nassa (Zeuxis) unicolor Hombron & Jacquinot, 1916 Nassa micans A. Adams, 1852 Nassa pallidula A. Adams, 1852 Nassa unicolor Rousseau, 1854 Nassarius (Zeuxis) micans (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius unicolor (Rousseau, 1854) Zeuxis micans (A. Adams, 1852)

Nassarius micans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 24 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off the Philippines and Indonesia.

References

• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.

External links

• "Nassarius (Zeuxis) micans" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_11949.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6967489 entry