Biology:Nassarius vanpeli

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Nassarius vanpeli
Nassarius vanpeli (MNHN-IM-2000-22625) 001.jpeg
Shell of Nassarius vanpeli (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. vanpeli
Binomial name
Nassarius vanpeli
Kool, 2005[1]

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

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Marquesas and New Caledonia.

References

Kool H.H. 2005. Two new western Pacific deep water species of Nassarius (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Nasssariidae): Nassarius herosae sp. nov. and Nassarius vanpeli sp. nov.Gloria Maris 44(3-4): 46-54

  • Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.

Wikidata ☰ Q6967538 entry