Biology:Nassarius gaudiosus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Nassarius gaudiosus | |
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Several views of a shell of Nassarius gaudiosus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: | Nassarius |
Species: | N. gaudiosus
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Binomial name | |
Nassarius gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Nassarius gaudiosus, common name the gaudy 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 length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 29 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar , Aldabra, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius; in Hawaii (Maui); and in the West Pacific.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nassarius gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 July 2012.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
- Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands – The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
External links
- "Nassarius (Telasco) gaudiosus" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_3316.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q6967457 entry
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