| Sassia nassariformis | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Shell of Sassia nassariformis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Sassia |
| Species: | S. nassariformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sassia nassariformis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1902) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
| |
Sassia nassariformis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. [1]
 | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (June 2010) |
This marine species occurs in the Mozambique Channel.
Gastropods, commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda.
Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails that over evolutionary time have either completely lost their shells, or have seemingly lost their shells due to having a greatly reduced or internal shell. The name "sea slug" is most often applied to nudibranchs, as well as to a paraphyletic set of other marine gastropods without obvious shells.
Heterobranchia, the heterobranchs, is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs, which includes marine, aquatic and terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the absence of a visible shell.
The siphonal canal is an anatomical feature of the shells of certain groups of sea snails within the clade Neogastropoda. Some sea marine gastropods have a soft tubular anterior extension of the mantle called a siphon through which water is drawn into the mantle cavity and over the gill and which serves as a chemoreceptor to locate food. Siphonal canals allow for active transport of water to sensory organs inside the shell. Organisms without siphonal canals in their shells rely on passive or diffuse transport or water into their shell. Those with siphonal canals have a direct inhalant stream of water that interacts with sensory organs to detect concentration and direction of a stimulus, such as food or mates. In certain groups of carnivorous snails, where the siphon is particularly long, the structure of the shell has been modified in order to house and protect the soft structure of the siphon. Thus the siphonal canal is a semi-tubular extension of the aperture of the shell through which the siphon is extended when the animal is active.
Cymatiidae is a family of large sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha. Members of this family are predators.
Vetigastropoda is a major taxonomic group of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that form a very ancient lineage. Taxonomically the Vetigastropoda are sometimes treated as an order, although they are treated as an unranked clade in Bouchet and Rocroi, 2005.
Winston Frank Ponder is a malacologist born and educated in New Zealand who has named and described many marine and freshwater animals, especially micromolluscs.
Austrotriton is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae.
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs to major rivers. The great majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions. Some groups of snails that live in freshwater respire using gills, whereas other groups need to reach the surface to breathe air. In addition, some are amphibious and have both gills and a lung. Most feed on algae, but many are detritivores and some are filter feeders.
Sassia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cymatiidae.
Fusitriton is a genus of large predatory sea snails marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cymatiidae.
Personella is a genus of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. Its only species is Personella lewisi.
Sassia melpangi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.
Sassia midwayensis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.
Sassia remensa is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.
Sassia semitorta is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.
Septa is a genus of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.
Austrosassia is a genus of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae.
Quasimitra rubrolaterculus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
