Reticunassa silvardi

Reticunassa silvardi
Shell of Reticunassa silvardi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Reticunassa
Species:	R. silvardi
Binomial name
Reticunassa silvardi (Kool & Dekker, 2006) [1]
Synonyms
Nassarius silvardiKool & Dekker, 2006 (original combination) Nassarius (Alectrion) waikikiusDall, W.H. MS, 1922

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 7.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs of Indonesia and Hawaii.

References

1. Kool & Dekker. 2006. Visaya Volume: 1 Issue: 6 Pages: 54–75. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Reticunassa silvardi (Kool & Dekker, 2006). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876865 on 2021-09-08

• Kool H.H. & Dekker H. (2006) Review of the Nassarius pauper (Gould, 1850) complex (Gastropoda: Nassariidae). Part 1, with the description of four new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Visaya 1(6): 54-75.
• Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.

External links

• Galindo L.A., Kool H.H. & Dekker H. (2017). Review of the Nassarius pauperus (Gould, 1850) complex (Nassariidae): Part 3, reinstatement of the genus Reticunassa, with the description of six new species. European Journal of Taxonomy. 275: 1-43.
• Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353
• "Nassarius silvardi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.