Nassaria tarta

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Nassaria tarta
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Shell of Nassaria tarta (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassaria
Species:
N. tarta
Binomial name
Nassaria tarta
Fraussen, 2006 [1]

Nassaria tarta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae. [2]

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Description

The Nassaria tarta has a shell up to 37 mm in length, with a solid construction and thick walls. The shell is snow-white, with occasional fine red spiral lines on the body [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tanimbar Island, Indonesia.

References

  1. ↑ Fraussen. 2006. Novapex Volume: 7 Issue: 2–3 Pages: 31-46. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Nassaria tarta Fraussen, 2006 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Fraussen, Koen (June 2006). "Deep water Nassaria (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) from Banda and Arafura Sea". ResearchGate.


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