Nassarius crenulatus

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

Nassarius crenulatus
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. crenulatus
Binomial name
Nassarius crenulatus
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]

Nassa crenatula Lamarck, 1816

This species name has become a nomen dubium.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 32 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Tanzania; off Taiwan.

References
  1. Nassarius crenulatus (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2012.
  • Lamarck, J. B. de. 1816. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Paris.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp. page(s): 408
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • "Nassarius (Zeuxis) crenulatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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