Nassarius roissyi

Nassarius roissyi
	Shell of Nassarius roissyi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. roissyi
Binomial name
	Nassarius roissyi; (Deshayes, 1832)
Synonyms
	Buccinum roissyi Deshayes, 1832 (original combination); Nassarius (Zeuxis) roissyi (Deshayes, 1832) · accepted, alternate representation;

Nassarius roissyi 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 attains 15.1 mm.

The shell is elongated and subturreted. The long spire is pointed. It is formed of eight or nine convex whorls, chequered by longitudinal folds, and pretty numerous and very regular transverse striae. The body whorl is short and subglobular. The small aperture is ovate, oblong, and white in all its parts. The outer lip is finely striated internally. The columella is cylindrical, obliquely truncated, and terminated at the base by a deep emargination, which is recurved towards the back of the shell. The coloring is a little remarkable: it is of a uniform, pale, fawn-color, but interrupted on the body whorl by an obscure and transverse whitish zone.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean.

References

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2015). Nassarius roissyi (Deshayes, 1832). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560309 on 2016-05-14
^ Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum roissyi)

External links

[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P. (2015). Nassarius roissyi (Deshayes, 1832). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560309 on 2016-05-14

[Kiener-2] Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum roissyi)

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