Nassarius circumcinctus

Nassarius circumcinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Nassariidae
Subfamily: Nassariinae
Genus: Nassarius
Species: N. circumcinctus
Binomial name
Nassarius circumcinctus
(Adams A., 1852) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Nassa circumcincta A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassarius (Plicarcularia) circumcinctus (Adams, A., 1852)
  • Naytiopsis granum flammulata Nordsieck, 1972

Nassarius circumcinctus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. Adams, A. 1852. Catalogue of the species of Nassa, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 19: 94-114.
  2. 1 2 Nassarius circumcinctus (Adams A., 1852).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 October 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/18/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.