Nassarius echinatus

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

Nassarius echinatus
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. echinatus
Binomial name
Nassarius echinatus
(A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nassa (Hebra) echinata A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa echinata A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa quadrasi var. alba Hidalgo, 1904
  • Nassarius (Niotha) echinatus (A. Adams, 1852)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off the Aldabra Atol and La Réunion.

Nassarius echinatus, abapertural view

References
  1. OBIS : Nassarius echinatus
  2. Nassarius echinatus (Adams). 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.
  • Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.


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