Biology:Nassarius candens
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Apertural view of a shell of Nassarius candens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Nassarius |
| Species: | N. candens
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| Binomial name | |
| Nassarius candens (Hinds, 1844)
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Nassarius candens, common name the bright nassa, 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 size varies between 12 mm and 21 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along the Marquesas Islands
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nassarius candens. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 March 2011.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
External links
- "Nassarius (Niotha) candens" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_3310.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q6967411 entry
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