Naytia granulosa

Naytia granulosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

Naytia granulosa
Apertural view of a shell of Naytia granulosa (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Naytia
Species:	N. granulosa
Binomial name
Naytia granulosa (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
Bullia (Pseudostrombus) fusca Craven, 1883 Bullia fusca Craven, 1882 Bullia granulosa (Lamarck, 1822) Dorsanum (Fluviodorsum) granulosum (Lamarck, 1822) Dorsanum granulosum (Lamarck, 1822) Terebra granulosa Lamarck, 1822 (original combination)

Description

The shell size varies between 16 mm and 34 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon and Angola

References

• Craven, A. E. (1882) Liste d'une collection malacologique provenant de Landana. Ann. Soc. Roy. Malac. Belg. Vol. 17, p. 15-19, pl. II
• Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp
• 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

• Lamarck, [J.-B. M. de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp]
• Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353
• "Bullia granulosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 3 February 2011.