Nassarius webbei

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

Nassarius webbei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. webbei
Binomial name
Nassarius webbei
(Petit, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum webbei Petit de la Saussaye, 1850
  • Nassarius turbineus (Gould, A.A., 1845)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 17 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde Islands and Senegal.

References
  1. 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
  • "Nassarius turbineus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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