Nassarius paucicostatus

Nassarius paucicostatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. paucicostatus
Binomial name
Nassarius paucicostatus (Marrat, 1877)
Synonyms [1]
Nassa paucicostataMarrat, 1877 Nassarius (Nassarius) paucicostatus(Marrat, 1877)

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12 mm.

It is considered harmless toward humans. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the USA, Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Bahamas. ^[3]

Distribution occurs in the Western Central Atlantic waters.

References

1. Nassarius paucicostatus (Marrat, 1877) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 October 2012.
2. "Nassarius paucicostatus". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
3. "Country List - Nassarius paucicostatus". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 3 September 2025.

• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

External links

• "Nassarius (Nassarius) paucicostatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• https://www.sealifebase.se/Country/CountryList.php?ID=141202&GenusName=Nassarius&SpeciesName=paucicostatus. Nassarius paucicostatus. Retrieved 3 September 2025.