Biology:Nassarius vaucheri

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Nassarius vaucheri
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. vaucheri
Binomial name
Nassarius vaucheri
(Pallary, 1906) [1]
Synonyms
  • Nassa vaucheri Pallary 1906 (basionym)
  • Nassa vaucheri var. minor Pallary 1920
  • Nassarius (Nassarius) vaucheri (Pallary, 1906)

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. Pallary P., 1906b: Diagnoses de nouvelles coquilles du Maroc , Oran, privately printed 3 pp.
  2. Nassarius vaucheri (Pallary, 1906). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 October 2012.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6967539 entry