Nassarius livescens

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

Nassarius livescens
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. livescens
Binomial name
Nassarius livescens
(Philippi, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum livescens Philippi, 1848
  • Nassa (Niotha) kieneri Deshayes, 1863
  • Nassa (Niotha) livescens (Philippi, 1849)
  • Nassa deshayesii Rousseau, 1854
  • Nassa gracilis Pease, 1871
  • Nassa keenii Marrat, 1877
  • Nassa livescens (Philippi, 1848)
  • Nassa lyraeformis Marrat, 1880
  • Nassa margaritifera Reeve, 1853
  • Nassa marginulata Reeve, 1853
  • Nassa oblonga Marrat, 1877
  • Nassa provulgata Fischer, 1891
  • Nassa secluza Fisher, 1891
  • Nassa sordida A. Adams, 1852
  • † Nassarius (Niotha) fulleri MacNeil, 1960
  • Nassarius (Niotha) kieneri (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Nassarius (Niotha) livescens (Philippi, 1849)
  • Nassarius (Niotha) secluzus (Fischer, 1891)
  • Nassarius (Plicarcularia) sordidus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius kieneri (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Niotha livescens (Philippi, 1849)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and Indonesia.

References
  1. Nassarius livescens (Philippi, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 October 2012.
  • 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.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
  • "Nassarius (Niotha) livescens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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