Nassarius pachychilus
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: | Nassarius |
Species: | N. pachychilus
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Binomial name | |
Nassarius pachychilus (von Maltzan, 1884)
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Synonyms | |
Nassa pachychilus Maltzan, 1884 |
Nassarius pachychilus, the Angolan nassa, 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 shell size varies between 11 mm and 20 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal, Ghana and Angola.
References
[edit]- ^ Nassarius pachychilus (von Maltzan, 1884). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 February 2011.
- 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.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp
- 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]- "Nassarius (Nassarius) pachychilus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
- Media related to Nassarius pachychilus at Wikimedia Commons