Nassarius paucicostatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
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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. paucicostatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Nassarius paucicostatus (Marrat, 1877)
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 12 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Bahamas.
References
edit- ^ a b Nassarius paucicostatus (Marrat, 1877). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 October 2012.
- 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.
External links
edit- "Nassarius (Nassarius) paucicostatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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