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(Redirected from Nassarius plicatellus) Species of gastropod

Nassarius niveus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species: N. niveus
Binomial name
Nassarius niveus
(A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Nassa (Caesia) plicatella A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Tritia) nivea A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Tritia) plicatella A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa nivea A. Adams, 1852 (basionym)
  • Nassa plicatella A. Adams, 1852 (Invalid: junior homonym of Nassa plicatella Münster, 1835)
  • Nassa scopularca Barnard, 1959
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) plicatellus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius plicatellus (A. Adams, 1852)

Nassarius niveus, common name the lattice dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 25 mm

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (April 2010)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola, Namibia and the west coast of South Africa

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Nassarius niveus (A. Adams, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576772 on 2012-02-20
  • 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.
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon . Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
  • Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.

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Taxon identifiers
Nassarius niveus


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