This taxon may be invalid (nomen dubium). (Jan 2019) |
Nassarius crenulatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
| Nassarius crenulatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Nassarius |
| Species: | N. crenulatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Nassarius crenulatus (Lamarck, 1816)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nassa crenatula Lamarck, 1816 | |
This species name has become a nomen dubium.
Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 32 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Tanzania; off Taiwan.
References
edit- ^ a b Nassarius crenulatus (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2012.
- Lamarck, J. B. de. 1816. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Paris.
- 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. page(s): 408
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
External links
edit- "Nassarius (Zeuxis) crenulatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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