Nassarius consensus

Nassarius consensus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. consensus
Binomial name
	Nassarius consensus; (Ravenel, 1861)
Synonyms
	Alectrion consensa (Ravenel, 1861); Alectrion consensa harveyensis Mansfield, 1930; Alectrion consensa leonensis Mansfield, 1930; Nassa consensa Ravenel, 1861 (basionym); Nassarius (Nassarius) consensus (Ravenel, 1861); Nassarius (Uzita) fargoi Olsson & Harbison, 1953;

Nassarius consensus, common name the striate nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 15 mm.

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina and South Carolina, USA.

^ Ravenel, E. 1861. Descriptions of new Recent shells from the coast of South Carolina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 41-44.
^ Nassarius consensus (Ravenel, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 October 2012.

Mansfield, W. C. 1930. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida. Florida State Geological Survey Bulletin 3: 189 pp., 21 pls.
Olsson, A. A. and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida, with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: vii + 459, 65 pls.
Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

"Nassarius (Nassarius) consensus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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