Nassarius delicatus

Nassarius delicatus
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. delicatus
Binomial name
*Nassarius delicatus* (A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms^[1]
Alectryon (Phrontis) alcimus Melvill, 1918 Hindsia nodicostata Adams, A., 1855 Nassa (Phrontis) delicata A. Adams, 1852 Nassa (Phrontis) tiarula Kiener, 1841 Nassa delicata A. Adams, 1852 Nassa nodicostata A. Adams, 1852 Nassarius aclimus Melvill, J.C., 1918 Nassarius (Niotha) delicatus (A. Adams, 1852) Phrontis nodicostata (A. Adams, 1852)

Nassarius delicatus 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 6 mm and 14 mm.

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indo-West Pacific and off La Réunion.

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356.
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp

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