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    Nassarius idyllius

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Species of gastropod

    Nassarius idyllius
    Scientific classification edit
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
    Subclass: Caenogastropoda
    Order: Neogastropoda
    Family: Nassariidae
    Genus: Nassarius
    Species:
    N. idyllius
    Binomial name
    Nassarius idyllius
    (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
    Synonyms[1]
    • Arcularia caelata var. torresiana Hedley, 1915
    • Nassa (Aciculina) ovoidea Schepman, 1911
    • Nassa (Alectryon) ovoidea Schepman, 1911
    • Nassa (Alectryon) schepmani Koperberg, 1931
    • Nassa idyllia Melvill & Standen, 1901
    • Nassa munda Sturany, 1900
    • Nassarius (Arcularia) caelata torresiana (f) Hedley, C
    • Nassarius (Alectrion) idyllius (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
    • Nassarius (Alectrion) ovoideus (Schepman, 1911)
    • Nassarius (Hima) crebricostatus dilemensis Oostingh, 1939
    • Nassarius (Hima) ovoideus (Schepman, 1911)
    • Nassarius (Zeuxis) idyllius (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
    • Nassarius torresianus (Hedley, 1915)

    Nassarius idyllius is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails (USA) or dog whelks (UK).[1]

    Description

    The shell grows to a length of 5 mm

    Distribution

    This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nassarius idyllius. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2012.
    • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
    • Cernohorsky W.O. (1981). Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 18:137–192.
    • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.

    Wikidata ☰ Q10797355 entry




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