Nassarius pumilio

Nassarius pumilio is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

Nassarius pumilio
Shell of Nassarius pumilio (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. pumilio
Binomial name
Nassarius pumilio (E.A. Smith, 1872)
Synonyms
Nassa (Hima) polignaci Lamy, 1923 Nassa madseni Knudsen, 1956 Nassa minor Marrat, 1877 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Buccinum asperulum var. minor Grateloup, 1847 and others) Nassa pumilio E.A. Smith, 1872 (original combination) Nassa weyersi Craven, 1883 Nassarius weyersi (Craven, 1882)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 4 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Luanda (Angola) and off Guinea-Bissau.

References

• Marrat, F. (1877). On some proposed new forms in the genus Nassa. Liverpool, privately printed, 15 pp., 1 pl.
• Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.

External links

• Smith, E. A. (1872). A list of species of shells from West Africa, with descriptions of those hitherto undescribed. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1871: 727–739, pl. 75.
• Lamy, E. (1923). Mission du Comte Jean de Polignac et de M. Louis Gain (Campagne du Sylvana 1913): mollusques testacés. Comptes Rendus du Congrès des Sociétés Savantes (Paris). 1922: 22–37
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
• Adam W. & Knudsen J. 1984. Révision des Nassariidae (Mollusca : Gastropoda Prosobranchia) de l’Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 55(9): 1–95, 5 pl
• "Nassarius (Nassarius) pumilio". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.