Nassarius pumilio

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

Nassarius pumilio
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. pumilio
Binomial name
Nassarius pumilio
(E.A. Smith, 1872)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nassa (Hima) polignaci Lamy, 1923
  • Nassa madseni Knudsen, 1956
  • Nassa minor Marrat, 1877
  • Nassa pumilio E.A. Smith, 1872
  • Nassa weyersi Craven, 1883
  • Nassarius weyersi (Craven, 1882)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 4 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Luanda (Angola)

References
  1. Nassarius pumilio (E.A. Smith, 1872) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 October 2010.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • "Nassarius (Nassarius) pumilio". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.


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