Reticunassa balteata

Reticunassa balteata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Reticunassa
Species:	R. balteata
Binomial name
	Reticunassa balteata; (Pease, 1869)
Synonyms
	Nassa (Hima) balteata Pease, 1869; Nassa balteata Pease, 1869 (invalid: junior homonym of Nassa balteata Lischke, 1869); Nassarius balteatus (Pease, 1869);

Reticunassa balteata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[2]

This is considered a taxon inquirendum.

Description

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Marshall Islands

^ Pease, W.H. (1869) Description of new species of marine Gasteropodæ inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology, 5, 64–79.
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