Nassarius pumilio

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Nassarius pumilio
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Shell of Nassarius pumilio (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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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]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 4 mm

Distribution

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

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