Nassarius margaritifer
Shell of Nassarius margaritifer
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. margaritifer
Binomial name
Nassarius margaritifer (Dunker, 1847)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinum margaritiferum Dunker, 1847 Buccinum reticulatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 Nassa (Niotha) margaritifera (Dunker, 1847) Nassa (Tritia) costellifera A. Adams, 1853 Nassa costellifera A. Adams, 1853 Nassa margaritifer (Dunker, 1847) Nassa margaritifera (Dunker, 1847) Nassa quoyii Rousseau, 1854 Nassarius (Zeuxis) margaritifer (Dunker, 1847) Nassarius (Zeuxis) margaritiferus (Dunker, 1847) Nassarius costellifera (A. Adams, 1853) Nassarius crenelliferus (A. Adams, 1853) Nassarius margaritifera (Dunker, 1847) Nassarius margaritifera var. costellifera A. Adams, 1853 Nassarius margaritiferus (Dunker, 1847) Niotha margaritifera (Dunker, 1847) Zeuxis margaritiferus (Dunker, 1847)

Nassarius margaritifer is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 35 mm

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Kenya, Tanzania and the Aldabra Atoll, in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines

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• Ruwa, R.K. (1989). Macrofaunal composition and zonation on sandy beaches at Gazi, Kanamai and Malindi Bay, Kenya. Kenya Journal of Sciences (Series B) 10 (1–2): 31–45
• * Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356

• Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.
• Adams, A. (1852-1853). Catalogue of the species of Nassa, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 94-112
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
• "Nassarius (Zeuxis) margaritiferus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 February 2011.

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