Nassa situla
Nassa situla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Nassa |
Species: | N. situla |
Binomial name | |
Nassa situla (Reeve, 1846) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Nassa situla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 35 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Oman.
References
- 1 2 Nassa situla (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 December 2010.
- Houart R. (1996) The genus Nassa Röding 1798 in the Indo-West Pacific (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricidae: Rapaninae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 126(1-2):51-63
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