Nassarius pachychilus

Nassarius pachychilus
Nassarius pachychilus
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. pachychilus
Binomial name
Nassarius pachychilus
(von Maltzan, 1884)
Synonyms

Nassa pachychilus Maltzan, 1884

Nassarius pachychilus, common name : the Angolan 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 shell size varies between 11 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species is occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal, Ghana and Angola

References

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