Nassarius deshayesianus

Nassarius deshayesianus
Shell of Nassarius deshayesianus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Subfamily: Nassariinae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. deshayesianus
Binomial name
Nassarius deshayesianus
(Issel, 1866)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nassa (Arcularia) obockensis (Jousseaume, 1888)
  • Nassa (Phrontis) obockensis (Jousseaume, 1888)
  • Nassa (Phrontis) zailensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1894
  • Nassa (Phrontis) zailensis var. andamanica Melvill & Sykes, 1899
  • Nassa deshayesiana Issel, 1866
  • Nassa obockensis (Jousseaume, 1888)
  • Nassa zailensis G.B. Sowerby III, 1894
  • Nassa zailensis var. andamanica Melvill & Sykes, 1898
  • Nassarius (Niotha) deshayesianus (Issel, 1866)
  • Nassarius (Phrontis) deshayesianus (Issel, 1866)
  • Phrontis obockensis Jousseaume, 1888

Nassarius deshayesianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails (USA) or dog whelks (UK).[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz.

References

  1. ^ a b Nassarius deshayesianus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2012.
  • Sowerby, G.B., III. (1894). Descriptions of four new shells from the Persian Gulf and Bay of Zaila. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 1(4): 160–161, pl. 12.
  • Melvill, J.C. & Sykes, E.R. (1899). Notes on a third collection of marine shells from the Andaman Islands, with descriptions of three new species of Mitra. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 3: 220–229.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
  • Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp
  • Jousseaume, F. (1888). Description des mollusques recueillis par M. le Dr. Faurot dans la Mer Rouge et le Golfe d'Aden. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 1: 165-223
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
  • "Nassarius (Niotha) deshayesianus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 December 2010.


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