Biology:Nassarius zanzibarensis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Nassarius zanzibarensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: | Nassarius |
Species: | N. zanzibarensis
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Binomial name | |
Nassarius zanzibarensis Kool & Dekker, 2007[1]
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Nassarius zanzibarensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 5.5 mm and 11.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs from Mozambique to Pakistan .
References
- ↑ Kool & Dekker (2007). Visaya 2 (2) : 62-77. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ↑ Nassarius zanzibarensis Kool & Dekker, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- Kool H.H. & Dekker H. (2007) Review of the Nassarius pauper (Gould, 1850) complex (Gastropoda, Nassariidae). Part 2, the Western Indian Ocean species, with the description of two new species and introducing a nomen novum. Visaya 2(2): 62–77.
External links
- "Nassarius zanzibarensis" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_55781.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q6967543 entry