Nassarius macrodon

Nassarius macrodon
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. macrodon
Binomial name
Nassarius macrodon
(Bronn, 1831) [1]
Synonyms

Nassarius (Nassarius) macrodon macrodon (Bronn, 1831)

Nassarius macrodon is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2] It only occurs as a fossil.

There is one subspecies: Nassarius macrodon recidivus (Martens, 1876)

References

  1. Bronn H. G., 1831: Italiens Tertiär-Gebilde und deren organische Einschlüsse Heidelberg pp. XII + 176 + 1 pl
  2. Nassarius macrodon (Bronn, 1831).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
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