Nassarius micans

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

Nassarius micans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Nassariidae
Subfamily:
Nassariinae
Genus:
Nassarius
Species:
N. micans
Binomial name
Nassarius micans
(A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nassa (Alectrion) unicolor Hombron & Jacquinot, 1916
  • Nassa (Zeuxis) pallidula A. Adams, 1901
  • Nassa (Zeuxis) unicolor Hombron & Jacquinot, 1916
  • Nassa micans A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa pallidula A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa unicolor Rousseau, 1854
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) micans (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius unicolor (Rousseau, 1854)
  • Zeuxis micans (A. Adams, 1852)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 24 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off the Philippines and Indonesia.

References
  1. Nassarius micans . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2012.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
  • "Nassarius (Zeuxis) micans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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