Nassarius margaritifer

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Nassarius margaritifer
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Shell of Nassarius margaritifer
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. margaritifer
Binomial name
Nassarius margaritifer
(Dunker, 1847)
Synonyms [1]
  • Buccinum margaritiferumDunker, 1847
  • Buccinum reticulatumQuoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Nassa (Niotha) margaritifera(Dunker, 1847)
  • Nassa (Tritia) costelliferaA. Adams, 1853
  • Nassa costelliferaA. Adams, 1853
  • Nassa margaritifer(Dunker, 1847)
  • Nassa margaritifera(Dunker, 1847)
  • Nassa quoyiiRousseau, 1854
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) margaritifer(Dunker, 1847)
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) margaritiferus(Dunker, 1847)
  • Nassarius costellifera(A. Adams, 1853)
  • Nassarius crenelliferus(A. Adams, 1853)
  • Nassarius margaritifera(Dunker, 1847)
  • Nassarius margaritifera var. costelliferaA. Adams, 1853
  • Nassarius margaritiferus(Dunker, 1847)
  • Niotha margaritifera(Dunker, 1847)
  • Zeuxis margaritiferus(Dunker, 1847)

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

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Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Kenya, Tanzania and the Aldabra Atoll, in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines

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