Nassarius livescens
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Nassarius livescens | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: | Nassarius |
Species: | N. livescens
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Binomial name | |
Nassarius livescens (Philippi, 1848)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Nassarius livescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 30 mm.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2012) |
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and Indonesia.
References
- ^ a b 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
External links
- "Nassarius (Niotha) livescens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.Error: "Q6967482" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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