Nassarius tiarula

Nassarius tiarula, common name the western mud nassa, is a species of small sea snail with gills and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Nassarius tiarula
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. tiarula
Binomial name
Nassarius tiarula
(Kiener, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum tiarula Kiener, 1841
  • Nassa tiarula (Kiener, 1841)
  • Nassarius (Nassarius) tiarula (Kiener, 1841)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from California to Mexico.

Feeding habits

These snails are exclusively scavengers.

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Nassarius tiarula (Kiener, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215751 on 2012-10-30
  • 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.
  • Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. page(s): 97


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