Nassarius webbei
Appearance
Nassarius webbei | |
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Shell of Nassarius webbei (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: | Nassarius |
Species: | N. webbei
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Binomial name | |
Nassarius webbei (Petit, 1850)
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Nassarius webbei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell grows to a length of 17 mm.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2012) |
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde Islands and Senegal.
References
[edit]- ^ Nassarius webbei (Petit, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2012.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- Rolán E. & Hernández J.M. (2005) The West African species of the group Nassarius denticulatus (Mollusca, Neogastropoda), with the description of a new species. Journal of Conchology 38(5): 499–511. page(s): 504
External links
[edit]- 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 turbineus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.