Nassarius fuscescens

Nassarius fuscescens
Shell of Nassarius fuscescens (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. fuscescens
Binomial name
Nassarius fuscescens (Dautzenberg, 1912)
Synonyms
Nassa (Hima) fischeri Dautzenberg, 1912 (invalid: junior homonym of Nassa fischeri Bellardi, 1882) Nassa (Hima) fischeri var. fuscescens Dautzenberg, 1912 (basionym) Nassarius fischeri (Dautzenberg, 1912)

Nassarius fischeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

Description

The length of the shell attains 12.4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola and Namibia.

References

• Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp

External links

• Dautzenberg P. (1912). Mission Gruvel sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique (1909–1910): Mollusques marins. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris (Nouvelle Série) 5(3): 1–111, page(s): 31–32, pl. 1 fig. 37–38
• Cernohorsky W.O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 14: 1-356
• Adam, W. & Knudsen, J. (1984). Révision des Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda Prosobranchia) de l'Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 55 (9): 1-95, 5 pl.