Nassarius vaucheri
| Nassarius vaucheri | |
|---|---|
| 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. vaucheri |
| Binomial name | |
| Nassarius vaucheri (Pallary, 1906) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nassarius vaucheri 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 12 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean Sea.
References
- ↑ Pallary P., 1906b: Diagnoses de nouvelles coquilles du Maroc , Oran, privately printed 3 pp.
- ↑ Nassarius vaucheri (Pallary, 1906). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 October 2012.
- Pallary P., 1920: Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912) Larose, Rabat et Paris pp. 34, 1 pl., 1 map
- Hoenselaar H. J. & Moolenbeek R. G., 1988: The identity of Nassarius vaucheri (Pallary, 1906) (Gastropoda Prosobranchia), Basteria 52: 45-47
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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