Nassarius vanpeli

Nassarius vanpeli
Shell of Nassarius vanpeli (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. vanpeli
Binomial name
Nassarius vanpeli Kool, 2005 [1]

Nassarius vanpeli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Marquesas and New Caledonia.

References

1. Kool. 2005. Gloria Maris 44(3–4) : 46-54. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
2. Nassarius vanpeli Kool, 2005 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 18 April 2010.

Kool H.H. 2005. Two new western Pacific deep water species of Nassarius (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Nasssariidae): Nassarius herosae sp. nov. and Nassarius vanpeli sp. nov.Gloria Maris 44(3-4): 46-54

• Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.