Biology:Nassarius webbei

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of gastropod

Nassarius webbei
Nassarius webbei (MNHN-IM-2000-9613).jpeg
Shell of Nassarius webbei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. webbei
Binomial name
Nassarius webbei
(Petit, 1850)

Nassarius webbei 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 grows to a length of 17 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde Islands and Senegal.

References

  1. Nassarius webbei (Petit, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2012.
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  • Rolán E. & Hernández J.M. (2005) The West African species of the group Nassarius denticulatus (Mollusca, Neogastropoda), with the description of a new species. Journal of Conchology 38(5): 499–511. page(s): 504

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6967541 entry