Nassarius gaudiosus

Nassarius gaudiosus
	Several views of a shell of Nassarius gaudiosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. gaudiosus
Binomial name
	Nassarius gaudiosus; (Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms
	Alectrion gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844); Arcularia gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844); Buccinum (Nassa) semiplicatum Dunker, 1853; Nassa (Alectryon) mucronata A. Adams, 1852; Nassa (Telasco) gaudiosa Hinds, 1844; Nassa (Zeuxis) gaudiosa Hinds, 1844; Nassa gaudiosa Hinds, 1844; Nassa graphitera Beck in Marrat, 1877; Nassa lilacina Goulds, 1852; Nassa mucronata A. Adams, 1852; Nassa semisulcata Dunker, 1867; Nassarius (Alectrion) mucronatus (A. Adams, 1852); Nassarius (Niotha) gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844); Nassarius (Tarazeuxis) mucronatus (A. Adams, 1852); Nassarius (Telasco) gaudiosus (Hinds, 1844); Nassarius gaudiosus mucronatus (A. Adams, 1851); Nassarius mucronata; Tarazeuxis mucronatus (A. Adams, 1852);

Nassarius gaudiosus, common name the gaudy nassa, 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 15 mm and 29 mm.

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius; in Hawaii (Maui); and in the West Pacific.

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.
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands – The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.

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