Nassarius castus

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Nassarius castus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. castus
Binomial name
Nassarius castus
(Gould, 1835)
Synonyms [1]
  • Arcularia caelata(A. Adams, 1852)
  • Buccinum rufumDunker, 1847
  • Nassa (Alectryon) caelataA. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Hinia) verbeekiK. Martin, 1895
  • Nassa (Hinia) verbeeki fekuensisKoperberg, 1931
  • Nassa (Hinia) verbeeki fischeriKoperberg, 1931
  • Nassa (Hinia) vitiensisHombron & Jacquinot, 1946
  • Nassa (Telasco) verbeekiK. Martin, 1895
  • Nassa (Zeuxis) levukensisWatson, 1882
  • Nassa caelataA. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa castaGould, 1850
  • Nassa costataA. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa elongataMarrat, 1874
  • Nassa incognitaThiele, 1925
  • Nassa lacteaMarrat, 1880
  • Nassa maldivensisE.A. Smith, 1903
  • Nassa mukulensisE.A. Smith, 1903
  • Nassa oriensMarrat, 1880
  • Nassa sinensisMarrat, 1877
  • Nassa thaumasiaSturany, 1900
  • Nassa vitiensisRousseau, 1854
  • Nassarius (Hinia) caelatus(A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius (Hinia) caelatus danitensisMakiyama, 1927
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) caelatus(A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) caelatus verbeeki (K. Martin, 1895)
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) castus(Gould, 1850)
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) kiiensisKira, 1954
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) kiiensisKira, 1959
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) minoensisItoigawa, 1960
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) miyazakiensisShuto, 1962
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) vitiensis(Hombron & Jaquinot, 1946)
  • Nassarius caelatus(A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius thaumasius(Sturany, 1900)
  • Niotha caelataA. Adams, 1870
  • Zeuxis caelatus(A. Adams, 1852)
  • Zeuxis kiiensisKira, 1954

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 41 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin and La Réunion; in the Indo-West Pacific.

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References

  1. 1 2 Nassarius castus (Gould, 1835) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 20 October 2012.