Nassarius delicatus

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

Nassarius delicatus
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. delicatus
Binomial name
Nassarius delicatus
(A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alectryon (Phrontis) alcimus Melvill, 1918
  • Hindsia nodicostata Adams, A., 1855
  • Nassa (Phrontis) delicata A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Phrontis) tiarula Kiener, 1841
  • Nassa delicata A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa nodicostata A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassarius aclimus Melvill, J.C., 1918
  • Nassarius (Niotha) delicatus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Phrontis nodicostata (A. Adams, 1852)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 14 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indo-West Pacific and off La Réunion.

References
  1. Nassarius delicatus . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2012.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • "Nassarius (Niotha) delicatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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