Biology:Nassarius pumilio
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Shell of Nassarius pumilio (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Nassarius |
| Species: | N. pumilio
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| Nassarius pumilio (E.A. Smith, 1872)
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Nassarius pumilio is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 4 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Luanda (Angola) and off Guinea-Bissau.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nassarius pumilio (E.A. Smith, 1872). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 October 2010.
- Marrat, F. (1877). On some proposed new forms in the genus Nassa. Liverpool, privately printed, 15 pp., 1 pl.
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
External links
- Smith, E. A. (1872). A list of species of shells from West Africa, with descriptions of those hitherto undescribed. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1871: 727–739, pl. 75.
- Lamy, E. (1923). Mission du Comte Jean de Polignac et de M. Louis Gain (Campagne du Sylvana 1913): mollusques testacés. Comptes Rendus du Congrès des Sociétés Savantes (Paris). 1922: 22–37
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
- Adam W. & Knudsen J. 1984. Révision des Nassariidae (Mollusca : Gastropoda Prosobranchia) de l’Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 55(9): 1–95, 5 pl
- "Nassarius (Nassarius) pumilio" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_14239.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q6967508 entry
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