Nassarius micans

Nassarius micans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. micans
Binomial name
Nassarius micans (A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms [1]
Nassa (Alectrion) unicolorHombron & Jacquinot, 1916 Nassa (Zeuxis) pallidulaA. Adams, 1901 Nassa (Zeuxis) unicolorHombron & Jacquinot, 1916 Nassa micansA. Adams, 1852 Nassa pallidulaA. Adams, 1852 Nassa unicolorRousseau, 1854 Nassarius (Zeuxis) micans(A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius unicolor(Rousseau, 1854) Zeuxis micans(A. Adams, 1852)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 24 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off the Philippines and Indonesia.

References

1. Nassarius micans . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 20 October 2012.

• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.

External links

• "Nassarius (Zeuxis) micans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.