Nassarius fraterculus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1] The shell grows to a length of 10 mm. This marine species occurs off China, Korea and Japan, but has been introduced to the Pacific Northwest of North America through commercial oyster shipments.[2]
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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. fraterculus
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| Nassarius fraterculus (Dunker, 1860)
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Habitat
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N. fraterculus inhabits intertidal regions, foraging on crushed mussels.[3]
Relationship to other invasive species
editIn the Pacific Northwest, N. fraterculus has been shown to benefit from the presence of Batillaria attramentaria, another invasive species.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Nassarius fraterculus (Dunker, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2012.
- ^ Carlton, James; Elton, Charles (January 1992). "Introduced marine and estuarine mollusks of North America: an end-of-the-20th-century perspective". Journal of Shellfish Research. 11 (2): 489–505 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Zhang, Yue; Goshima, Seiji (2013). "Effects of crushed conspecifics and starvation periods on the foraging behavior of the marine gastropod sea snail Nassarius fraterculus" (PDF). Journal of Marine Animals and Their Ecology. 6 (2): 20–27.
- ^ Wonham, Marjorie J.; O'Connor, Mary; Harley, Christopher D. G. (2005). "Positive effects of a dominant invader on introduced and native mudflat species". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 289: 109–116. doi:10.3354/meps289109. ISSN 0171-8630.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
- Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. page(s): 97
External links
edit- "Nassarius (Hima) fraterculus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's National Estuarine and Marine Exotic Species Information System (NEMESIS): Nassarius fraterculus
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