Nassarius crematus

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Nassarius crematus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. crematus
Binomial name
Nassarius crematus
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms [1]
  • Nassa (Niotha) eucomistaMelvill & Standen, 1897
  • Nassa cremataHinds, 1844
  • Nassa crenataHinds, 1844
  • Nassa crenata var. scutulataMari, 1934
  • Nassa euglyptaG.B. Sowerby III, 1914
  • Nassa martensiThiele, 1925
  • Nassa pulcherrimaMarrat, 1877
  • Nassa quadrataMarrat, 1880
  • Nassa ranidaA. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa ravidaA. Adams, 1852
  • Nassarius (Hinia) kueneniKoperberg, 1931
  • Nassarius (Hinia) kurodaiMakiyama, 1927
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) crematus(Hinds, 1844)

Nassarius crematus, common name the burned nassa, 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 13 mm and 41 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin; in the Southwest Pacific, off the Philippines and New Guinea and off Japan.

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References

  1. 1 2 Nassarius crematus (Hinds, 1844) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 October 2012.