Naytia johni

Naytia johni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Naytia
Species:
N. johni
Binomial name
Naytia johni
(Monterosato, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Nassa johni Monterosato, 1889
  • Nassa johni var. dakarensis Fischer-Piette & Nickles, 1946
  • Nassarius johni (Monterosato, 1889)
  • Nassarius (Aciculina) johni (Monterosato, 1889)

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

Description

var. dakarensis

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Alboran Sea, off Morocco.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naytia johni (Monterosato, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876861 on 2021-09-06
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
  • 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
  • Monterosato, T. A. di. (1889). Coquilles marines Marocaines. Journal de Conchyliologie. 37(1): 20-40 [May 2nd, 1889]; 37(2): 112-121
  • Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353.
  • "Nassarius (Aciculina) johni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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