Nassarius fuscescens
| Nassarius fuscescens | |
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| Shell of Nassarius fuscescens (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Nassarius |
| Species: | N. fuscescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Nassarius fuscescens (Dautzenberg, 1912)
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Nassarius fischeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 12.4 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola and Namibia.
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nassarius fuscescens (Dautzenberg, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=552815 on 2021-09-06
- 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
[edit]- 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.
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