Nassarius protrusidens

Nassarius protrusidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. protrusidens
Binomial name
Nassarius protrusidens (Melvill, 1918)
Synonyms [1]
Alectrion (Hima) protrusidensMelvill, 1918 (original combination) Nassarius (Zeuxis) protrusidensMelvill, 1918

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off La Réunion and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.

References

1. Nassarius protrusidens . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 October 2012.

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

External links

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