Nassarius echinatus

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Nassarius echinatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. echinatus
Binomial name
Nassarius echinatus
(A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms [1]
  • Nassa (Hebra) echinataA. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa echinataA. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa quadrasi var. albaHidalgo, 1904
  • Nassarius (Niotha) echinatus(A. Adams, 1852)

Nassarius echinatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. [2]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off the Aldabra Atol and La Réunion.

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Nassarius echinatus, abapertural view

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