Reticunassa erythraea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Reticunassa erythraea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Reticunassa
Species:
R. erythraea
Binomial name
Reticunassa erythraea
(Issel, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hinia erythrea (Issel, 1869)
  • Nassa (Hima) erythrea Issel, 1869
  • Nassa costulata var. erythrea Issel, 1869 (original combination)
  • Nassa erythraea Issel, 1869
  • Nassarius erythraeus (Issel, 1869)
  • Tritia erythraea (Issel, 1869)

Description

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The shell size varies between 4.5 mm and 9 mm

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Reticunassa erythraea (Issel, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1007370 on 2022-10-17
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
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  • "Nassarius erythraeus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  • Issel, A. (1869). Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche. Biblioteca Malacologica, Pisa. xi + 387 pp., pls 1-5.
  • Galindo L.A., Kool H.H. & Dekker H. (2017). Review of the Nassarius pauperus (Gould, 1850) complex (Nassariidae): Part 3, reinstatement of the genus Reticunassa, with the description of six new species. European Journal of Taxonomy. 275: 1-43