Nassarius garuda

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Nassarius garuda
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Shell of Nassarius garuda (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Subfamily: Nassariinae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. garuda
Binomial name
Nassarius garuda
Kool, 2007 [1]

Nassarius garuda 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 attains 20.7 mm.

Nassarius garuda was discovered in 1991 during a French-Indonesian KARUBAR Expedition to East Indonesia by the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. It is native to the Tanimbar Islands. The species was named after the Garuda, a large mythical bird which appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. [3]

Appearance

The shell of the Nassarius Garuda is bulbous, with an average height of 20.7 mm, and a width of 12.0 mm. The spire at the top makes up one-third of the total shell length. There is little variability between specimens. The shell has a spiral pattern which resembles beads. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Kool (2007). Miscellanea Malacologica 2 (5) : 87–92. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Nassarius garuda Kool, 2007 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 18 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Kool, Hugo (January 2007). "Nassarius garuda n.sp., a new deepwater species from the Indonesian Tanimbar and Kai Islands and a review of the species N. crematus (Hinds, 1844), N. euglyptus (SowerbyIII, 1914) and N. siquijorensis (A. Adams, 1852) (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae)". Miscellanea Malacologica, 2(5): 87-92. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Kool, Hugo (January 2007). "Nassarius garuda n.sp., a new deepwater species from the Indonesian Tanimbar and Kai Islands and a review of the species N. crematus (Hinds, 1844), N. euglyptus (SowerbyIII, 1914) and N. siquijorensis (A. Adams, 1852) (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae)". Miscellanea Malacologica, 2(5): 87-92. Retrieved 27 June 2021.


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