Nassarius pumilio

Nassarius pumilio
Shell of Nassarius pumilio (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. pumilio
Binomial name
Nassarius pumilio (E.A. Smith, 1872)
Synonyms [1]
Nassa (Hima) polignaciLamy, 1923 Nassa madseniKnudsen, 1956 Nassa minorMarrat, 1877 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Buccinum asperulum var. minorGrateloup, 1847 and others) Nassa pumilioE.A. Smith, 1872 (original combination) Nassa weyersiCraven, 1883 Nassarius weyersi(Craven, 1882)

Nassarius pumilio 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 roughly 4 mm, though exact figures vary.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Luanda (Angola) and off Guinea-Bissau.

References

1. Nassarius pumilio (E.A. Smith, 1872) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 October 2010.

• Marrat, F. (1877). On some proposed new forms in the genus Nassa. Liverpool, privately printed, 15 pp., 1 pl.
• Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.

External links

• Smith, E. A. (1872). A list of species of shells from West Africa, with descriptions of those hitherto undescribed. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1871: 727–739, pl. 75.
• Lamy, E. (1923). Mission du Comte Jean de Polignac et de M. Louis Gain (Campagne du Sylvana 1913): mollusques testacés. Comptes Rendus du Congrès des Sociétés Savantes (Paris). 1922: 22–37
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
• Adam W. & Knudsen J. 1984. Révision des Nassariidae (Mollusca : Gastropoda Prosobranchia) de l’Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 55(9): 1–95, 5 pl
• "Nassarius (Nassarius) pumilio". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.