Nassarius cockburnensis

Nassarius cockburnensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]

Nassarius cockburnensis
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. cockburnensis
Binomial name
Nassarius cockburnensis
Kool & Dekker, 2006[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6.9 mm and 9.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia.

References
  1. Kool & Dekker. 2006. Visaya Volume: 1 Issue: 6 Pages: 54-75. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  2. Nassarius cockburnensis Kool & Dekker, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  • Kool H.H. & Dekker H. (2006) Review of the Nassarius pauper (Gould, 1850) complex (Gastropoda: Nassariidae). Part 1, with the description of four new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Visaya 1(6): 54–75. page(s): 57


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