Nassarius comptus

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Nassarius comptus
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Two shells of Nassarius comptus (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. comptus
Binomial name
Nassarius comptus
(A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms [1]
  • Buccinum elegansKiener, 1834
  • Nassa (Alectryon) elegans (Kiener, 1834)
  • Nassa (Alectryon) flammulata Schepman, M.M., 1911
  • Nassa bucculentaMarrat, 1880
  • Nassa cinnamomeaA. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa comptaA. Adams, 1852 (original combination)
  • Nassa politaMarrat, 1880
  • Nassa xesta Sturany, 1900
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) comptus(A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius comptaspelling variation

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

Contents

There is one subspecies : Nassarius comptus polita (Marrat, 1880)

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 24 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius and in the Pacific Ocean off Indonesia and Australia (Queensland)

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